ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE KANNELlYA DEDIYAGALA-NAKIYADENIYA (KDN) FOREST COMPLEX

Abstract

A plant-ecological survey ofthe complex was carried out ill November J 993 10January J 99-1. 11 is concluded that the Kanneliya reserve should be made atotally protected area, with buffer zones included within the present boundaries,and the other two reserves put under sustained managementfor multiple uses. Interms ofendemism, number ofspecies, hydrological importance, etc. Kanneliyaisfound to he second on Sri Lanka only 10 Sinharaja in its conservation interest.