Enhancing Biodiversity Conservation and Sustenance of Ecosystem Services in Environmentally Sensitive Areas

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To operationalize Environment Sensitive Areas (ESAs) as a mechanism for mainstreaming biodiversity management into development in areas of high conservation significance
1. At least 5% of Sri Lanka’s land area identified nationally for Environmentally Sensitive Area designation in national scale up plan
2. Populations of globally threatened species within Wilpattu and Kala Wewa ESAs maintained indicating effective ecosystems management and human-wildlife conflict mitigation (indicators species selected Elephas maximus, Panthera pardus, and Sousa chinensis)