Department of Wildlife Conservation

We Protect the Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

The Department of Wildlife Conservation Conserves the Biodiversity of Sri Lanka. Every individual species is provided legal protection through the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance No 2 of 1937.

Habitats and the associated biodiversity are protected through a network of Protected Areas.

International Trade of Wild Species are Regulated both using the provisions Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance a the Provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

Recent News

  • Notice

    As a precaution for ensuring the health of wild boar population from highly infectious lethal disease currently recorded in domestic swine farms, please note that all raw pork & other…

  • Special Notice on Bungalow Reservations

    For Your Kind Attention  The relevant wildlife offices your respective bungalow reservation permits should be submitted to are as follows. National Park  Bungalow Wildlife Office to Submit Permit and Receipt…

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    Island Wide Wetlands Day Competitions – 2023 (Entry Closed)

    Sri Lanka is also a stakeholder in protecting the wetland environment, which is considered very vital biologically, ecologically, economically, in the world. Due to the prevailing threats to the wetland…

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    Revision of Fees – Visitor Services

    According to the extraordinary Gazette 2292/11 – on 8th August 2022, The fees of tourist facilities in Wildlife Reserves are revised. The new fees are applied from 2nd September 2022.The…

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    Maintenance Downtime Notice

    Online Bungalow Reservation and Online Day visitor Permit System will temporarily down due to a Maintenance requirement. We regret the inconvenience caused.

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    A Multi-Point Identification Approach for the Recognition of Individual Leopards (Panthera pardus kotiya)

    A Multi-Point Identification Approach for the Recognition of Individual Leopards (Panthera pardus kotiya) – A Research paper on leopards was published on 3rd March 2022 (on the world wildlife day)…