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Order creating the Ussangoda National Park under the Forest Conservation Ordinance (Chapter 469).

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Regulation
Date
2011
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary) No. 1735/21, 6 December 2011, pp. 1A and 2A.
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
National parks Zoning Ecosystem preservation Protected area
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

By Virtue of the Powers vested by Subsection (1) of the Section 2 of the Fanua and Flora Protection Ordinance (Chapter 469), I, S. M. Chandrasena Minister of Agrarian Services and Wildlife, by this Order: declares that area of State as described in the Schedule, to be a National Reserve; and declares the aforesaid National Reserve comprising the area of land described in the Schedule to be a National Park known as the “Horowpothana National Park”. Limits of the above mentioned protected area comprise the Horowpothana National Park 2570 hectares, situated within the Divisional Secretary's Division of Horowpothana in the Administration District of Anuradhapura, in the North Central Province.

Full text
English
Website
www.documents.gov.lk

References - Legislation

Implements

Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance.

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1937 (1993)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Wild flora, Endangered species, Protected area, Keeping of live animals, Birds, Marine mammals, Reptiles, Hunting authorization/permit, Hunting/capture, National parks, Use restrictions, Wildlife products, Protection of species, Wild fauna

Source: FAO, FAOLEX