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Sri Lanka

660
Total Protected Areas
2 With management effectiveness evaluations
Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas
Other effective area-based conservation measures
0
Total Other effective area-based conservation measures
Polygons/Points ratio
Polygons 99%
Points 1%
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Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas
Other effective area-based conservation measures
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• Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties.
• Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined.
• Final status of the Abyei area is not yet determined.
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Terrestrial and inland waters protected area coverage

30.01% Coverage

19,764km2 Land area covered

65,861km2 Total land area

28.00% 5th National Report coverage

PAME

0.96% With management effectiveness evaluations

630km2 Areas assessed

Marine protected area Coverage

0.08% Coverage

401km2 Marine and coastal area covered

533,491km2 Total marine and coastal area

PAME

0% With management effectiveness evaluations

0km2 Areas assessed

Disclaimer: These statistics might differ from those reported officially by countries due to difference in methodologies and datasets used to assess protected area coverage and differences in the base maps used to measure terrestrial and marine area of a country or territory.

IUCN Management Categories

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Governance types

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Sources 6

  1. Protected areas in Sri Lanka Updated: 2015 Forest Department of Sri Lanka
  2. Protected Areas System for Sri Lanka's Natural Forests Updated: 1997 Environmental Management Division, Forest Department, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Forestry, Sri Lanka
  3. Road Map of Sri Lanka - (2nd Edition) Updated: 1990 Department of Wildlife Conservation, Sri Lanka
  4. UNESCO World Heritage Sites Updated: 2024 IUCN World Heritage Programme
  5. Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance Updated: 2023 Ramsar Secretariat, on behalf of Ramsar Contracting Parties
  6. Sri Lanka Sanctuaries Updated: 2005 Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society (SLWCS) & Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWLC)

Designations

  • 98.18%
  • 1.82%

National designations

648
  • Forest Reserve 94
  • National Park 17
  • National Heritage Wilderness Area 1
  • Strict Nature Reserve 3
  • Other State Forest 23
  • Reserved Forest 384
  • Sanctuary 56
  • Conservation Forest 62
  • Jungle Corridor 1
  • Nature Reserve 7

Regional designations

0

    International designations

    12
    • Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 6
    • UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 4
    • World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) 2

    Other designations

    0

      citation

      UNEP-WCMC (2025). Protected Area Profile for Sri Lanka from the World Database on Protected Areas, March 2025. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net

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      UNEP-WCMC and IUCN (2025), Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM) [Online], March 2025, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.