User talk:Sinharajanet

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Sinharaja rain forest
Hello Sinharajanet. I've redirected the article to Sinharaja Forest Reserve, as the subject seems to be identical. You can of course improve the existing article, here is your text:

Located in south-west Sri Lanka, Sinharaja is of national significance as the country's last large viable area of the virgin primary tropical rainforest which used to cover the island. 64% of its trees are endemic and many of them are rare. The reserve is also home to 23% of Sri Lanka’s endemic animals, including 85% of the country’s endemic birds and over 50% of its endemic mammals, reptiles and butterflies.

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION Situated in the southwest lowlands of Sri Lanka 90 km southeast of Colombo, in Sabaragamuwa and Southern provinces. Bounded on the north by the Napola Dola and Koskulana Ganga, south and south-west by the Maha Dola and Gin Ganga, west by the Kalukandawa Ela and Kudawa Ganga and east by an old footpath near Beverley Tea Estate and the Denuwa Kanda: 6°21' to 6°26' N, 80°21' to 80°34' E.

DATES AND HISTORY OF ESTABLISHMENT 1875: Most of the area was declared the Sinharaja-Makalana Forest Reserve under the Waste Lands Ordinance (Gazette 4046); the rest was proposed as a forest reserve in the early 20th century; 1926: Sinharaja Forest Reserve of 9,203 ha set aside for watershed protection; 1978: Declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, comprising the existing and proposed forest reserves; 1988: Notified a National Heritage Wilderness Area (7,648.2 ha) in Gazette 528/14. Inscribed as a World Heritage site (8,864 ha), 6,092 ha being forest reserve and 2,772 ha a proposed forest reserve. 1992: The State Party included an adjoining forest extension within the World Heritage site, creating the Sinharaja National Heritage Wilderness Area of 11,187 ha, formerly the Sinharaja Forest Reserve and coterminous with the Biosphere Reserve. It does not yet form an extension of the World Heritage site (Forest Dept., 2003)

Thank you for your understanding. Have a good day. Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 11:30, 20 June 2010 (UTC)