Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, located in Southern Asia. Its terrain is primarily low plains, and mountains rise in the south. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture. Sri Lanka has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles is also high. The rarity of marine fish and mammals is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife poaching; urbanization; coastal degradation from mining and increased pollution; coral reef destruction; water pollution; and air pollution.