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Despite its small size, Horton Plains is one of our country’s most unique and priceless biodiversity assets—and sadly it faces graver threats than most other protected areas. Over-visitation, fires, ...
Visit Horton’s Plain and Worlds End. Experience the dramatic landscapes on this door-to-door private guided tour of Horton ...
The Horton Plains slender loris (Loris tardigradus nycticeboides) was thought to be extinct. Between 1939 and 2002, no one spotted the animal. In 2002 someone reported a possible sighting, ...
The pop-eyed Horton Plains slender loris has been seen for the first time in 60 years—alive and cute, if not exactly well. One of the first known pictures of a Horton Plains slender loris.
Sri Lanka's highlands are situated in the south-central part of the island. The property comprises the Peak Wilderness Protected Area, the Horton Plains National Park and the Knuckles Conservation ...
The Horton Plains National Park, relatively small compared to other national parks dotting the country, is in close proximity to tea estates and human settlements. The encroachment of human activities ...
Horton Plains Naional Park, a world heritage environmental zone rich in biodiversity is now endangered by fast spreading invasive alien plants, much to the alarm of the environmentalists and those ...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the necessity to transform Horton Plains National Park and its surrounding areas into a premier destination for high-end tourists when he undertook an ...