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| Saturday, 6 March 2004 |
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by Florence Wickramage The Peak Wilderness Protected Area (Sri Pada) is poised to become a World Heritage site to be declared by UNESCO. Recommendations in support of the declaration have already been submitted to the UNESCO headquarters. The Peak Wilderness area covering 22373 hectares was declared a protected area on October 25, 1940. The Upper Watershed Management Project Director D.P.Munaweera disclosed this at a media workshop on "Sri Pada Conservation and Conservation of Watersheds" held at the auditorium of the Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science (SLAAS) in Colombo on Tuesday. The Conservation of Sri Pada environs and its watershed is a project undertaken by the UWMP in collaboration with allied departments such as the Department of Wildlife Conservation and the Department of Forests. The final heritage conservation plan is being prepared in consultation with the respective agencies including DWLC. For this purpose several activities were initiated which included the preparation of an inventory both on flora and fauna of the area; surveying and demarcation of core areas; surveying and demarcation of buffer areas; planting of native trees to provide shelter to pilgrims; provision of infrastructure facilities and the formation of community groups to support the authority in conservation of the area. In addition awareness programmes are underway to create public awareness of Sri Pada conservation work, Munaweera said. Several non-governmental Environment organisations too are supporting the Sri Pada Conservation programme. |
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