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Inscription: Sinharaja Forest Reserve (Sri Lanka)

Document type
Decision
Reference number
XIV.A
Date
Dec 5, 1988
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Treaty
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Nov 23, 1972)
Meeting
12e session du Comité
Website
whc.unesco.org
Abstract

Sinharaja Forest Reserve

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Sri Lanka

N(ii)(iv)

The Committee noted with satisfaction that on 21 October 1988, the Sinharaja Forest Reserve had been declared a National Heritage Wilderness Area under the National Heritage Wilderness Act No. 3 of 1988, thereby conferring the required legal protection for this property. The Committee requested the Sri Lankan authorities to provide the Secretariat with further information on the natural characteristics of the areas which come under this legislation which were additions to the definition of the property as nominated in 1982.