By Sriyantha Perera | Settlor, Rainforest Protectors Trust
On January 6th, 2022, Rainforest Protectors Trust added an additional 10 acres of formerly privately owned forest land into the Protected Buffer Zone of Sinharaja World Heritage Rainforest, made possible through funding provided by individual donors via the crowdfunding campaign on GlobalGiving. With this acquisition and conversion of private forest land into conservation forest, Rainforest Protectors Trust has added a total of 24 acres of primary forest to the Protected Buffer Zone as of January 2022. Through the creation of the Protected Buffer Zone, we will be able to significantly reduce encroachment and illegal activities including poaching and deforestation within Sinharaja World Heritage Rainforest.
We wish to thank all the donors who made this possible. Our next goal is to setup a Rainforest Conservation and Education Center that will help us to
1. Monitor the protected lands and the buffer zone to prevent deforestation.
2. Start a native plant nursery to source plants for our reforestation projects and to distribute among public.
3. To educate visitors and school children on the importance of protecting Sinharaja World Heritage Rainforest.
We are excited about the conservation work ahead of us and we hope you will continue to support our new project by visiting the link below.
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/rainforest-conservation-and-education-centre/
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