Recent Trends in the Forestry Sector of Sri Lanka
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008Mr H M Bandaratillake
Director, Forest Resources Management Project
Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources
The forest cover in Sri Lanka has been continuously declining during the last several decades. The forest cover which was around 44% of the land area in 1956 had declined to 23.9% in 1992 and 22% at present. It has been widely accepted […]