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  • PROJECTS  ▾
    • Wet Zone
    • Dry Zone
    • Restore forests and mangroves habitats
    • PA revenues (Tourism)
    • Human-Elephant conflict
    • Rivers
    • Marine protection
    • Fishing
    • Marine megafauna
  • CONTACT US

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  • HOME
  • PROJECTS
    • Wet zone
    • Dry zone
    • Restore forests and mangrove habitats
    • PA tourism revenues
    • Human elephant conflict
    • Rivers
    • Marine protection
    • Fishing
    • Marine megafauna
  • CONTACT US

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  • HOME
  • PROJECTS  ▾
    • Wet zone
    • Dry zone
    • Restore forests and mangroves habitats
    • PA tourism revenues
    • Human elephant conflict
    • Rivers
    • Marine protection
    • Fishing
    • Marine megafauna
  • CONTACT US

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    • Wet zone
    • Dry zone
    • Restoration of forest and mangroves
    • PA revenues (Tourism)
    • Elephant
    • Rivers
    • Marine ecosystem
    • Fishing
    • Whales

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Wet zone

Wet Zone

Sri Lanka’s wet zone holds ecological,
social and cultural significance…

>75%

of Sri Lanka’s endemics reside in the wet zone – including all endemic birds and almost all endemic amphibians

4

major rivers (Mahaweli, Kelani, Kalu Ganga and Gin Ganga) flow through the wet zone supporting drinking water, irrigation, and hydropower

>80%

of Sri Lanka’s flowering plants​ are found in the wet zone

…but its unique ecosystems are under-protected
and under-connected

Our Ambition
Increase wet zone protection from 9% to 15%

We will

Gazette 41,000 hectares of new protected areas on government-owned land

USD 1–2 Mn

Create 27,000 hectares of OECMs on private land

USD 2–3 Mn

Use satellite data to continuously monitor new protected areas to avoid deforestation

USD ~0.1 Mn

Total cost 2025-2030
USD 3–5 Mn

Added protection

~9%
Current protection

413
Number of FD PAs

~6%
Additional protection

~15%
2030 Protection

Sri Lanka’s wet zone holds ecological, social and cultural significance…

~66%

Increase in protection of wet zone

~21%

Increase in protection of threatened
species ranges

10

Threatened species with a previously unprotected habitat now protected ​

413

Sites protected

~1,020 ha

Avoided deforestation from
additional protection

~650k tons

CO2​ equivalent of avoided emissions
from deforestation

Roadmap

You can download the full Wet Zone brochure

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