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Sri Lanka is a tropical island in the Indian Ocean comprised of 48 distinct agro-ecological regions which support rich biodiversity.

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IUCN started operating in the country in 1988 with the establishment of the Country Office in Colombo, under a Memorandum of Agreement signed with the Ministry of Land and Land Development. The IUCN Sri Lanka National Governing Committee is comprised of government and non-government members. 

IUCN Sri Lanka’s programmes support sustainable natural resource management initiatives of Members and partners. These programmes cover conservation and management of critical habitats, policy/legal and institutional support and environmental education and awareness. Work is focused on the following key thematic areas: biodiversity, business finance and economics, climate change, freshwater and water security, governance – law and rights, Nature-based Solutions, ocean and coasts, protected areas and land use. 

News from Sri Lanka
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Story 15 Dec, 2023
Fostering private land as beacon of hope for threatened species in Sri Lanka
Kelani Valley Plantations PLC, a leading manufacturer of tea and rubber, has partnered with IUCN Sri Lanka to develop a conservation project, fostering a privately managed landscape as a beacon of…
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Story 04 Sep, 2023
Forest Landscape Restoration experience of HSBC volunteers in Sri Lanka
The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), a global bank, has worked with IUCN since 2010 on different initiatives. The latest is the ‘Climate-Smart Opportunities through Restoration…
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Story 05 Jul, 2023
A watershed moment: reintroducing 30,000 juveniles of endangered Redfin labeo…
On the occasion of International Biodiversity Day on 22 May 2023, IUCN Sri Lanka Office co-organised an event with the Ministry of Environment (MoE) to release an initial stock of 3,200 out of 30,000…
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News 16 Mar, 2023
Ansell Joins Hands with IUCN to Work Towards Understanding and Minimising…
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 16 March 2023: Ansell Limited, a global leader in protection solutions, and IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 23…

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35+ years in Sri Lanka

Here we record selected impressions that IUCN in Sri Lanka has made toward the sustainable development

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Currently, IUCN in Sri Lanka has five members including one state member, three government agency members and one NGO member.

Members in Sri Lanka