Department Of Wildlife Conservation (Sri Lanka)
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Headquarters
The department is headed by the Director General of Wildlife Conservation, with it headquarters located in Battaramulla. The head office is made up of several divisions covering operations and administration under the preview of Directors, deputy directors and assistant directors.
Field deployments
Each province as an assistant director assigned to it with an office located within the province. The Elephant Transit Home and Training Center has an assistant director in charge of each.
The department deploys a large number of field officers and personal to manage and protect the wildlife in the national parks. They have law enforcement powers under the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance and the Fire Arms Ordinance. They operate range offices and beat offices.
The field carder grades include;
- Field carder
- Park Warden (Officer in charge of a National Park)
- Wildlife Ranger
- Wildlife Range Assistant
- Wildlife Guard (who also serve as trackers)
| Number of PAs Declared as at December 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| National Reserve | Strict Natural Reserve | 3 |
| National Park | 26 | |
| Nature Reserve | 9 | |
| Jungle Corridors | 1 | |
| Sanctuary | 62 | |
List of national parks administered by the Department
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| Wildlife of Sri Lanka |
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List of nature reserves
- Vidataltivu Nature Reserve
Conservation centers under the Department
See also
References
- ^ "Department of Wildlife Conservation2017" (PDF). Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ "Budget Estimates 2017- Volume 3: Fiscal Year 2017". treasury.gov.lk. Ministry of Finance. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "The economic value of elephants in Sri Lanka for tourism | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ "Wildlife officers capture "violent" leopard in Panama". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2021-01-03. Retrieved 2021-01-13.