Sri Lanka

9 Dec 2022

By Midori Paxton, Head, Ecosystems and Biodiversity, UNDP Let us step back in time to more than 2000 years ago, when Chinese philosophical and historical texts contained sophisticated conceptions of nature and our place within it. Daoism, a school of philosophical thought popular to this day, focuse...Read more

8 Dec 2022

National sustainable tourism certification scheme to boost Sri Lanka’s tourism

By Mr. P. U. Ratnayake – Director, DT & CR, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority Sri Lanka is a truly unique tourism experience. It is an island full of treasures, from the cool hill country in Nuwara Eliya and the wild jungles of Yala and Sinharaja, to the spectacular views in forest reserves su...Read more

24 May 2022

Building a Shared Future for All Life

International Day for Biological Diversity 2022 The story of life on Earth is changing rapidly—climate boundaries are being broken at a rate, unprecedented changes in climate, and biodiversity loss is rampant, with the global south bearing the brunt of this global crisis. Earlier this year, scientis...Read more

18 Apr 2022

A win for nature: Investments across the island for biodiversity improvements

A CONSERVATION CRISIS - AN UNPAYABLE DEBT Sri Lanka is a tropical treasure, exhibiting exceptional biodiversity and is considered the richest country in Asia in terms of species concentration. The genetic diversity of Sri Lanka has provided its people with countless resources, on which lives, and li...Read more

A hand through grass

16 Nov 2021

Resilience in Diversity: Financing Nature and Biodiversity

The message is clear, we are in a planetary emergency.Read more