Geoecological Consequences of Human Impacts on Forests in Sri Lanka

摘要: Between 1900 and 1988 Sri Lanka’s forest cover was reduced from 70% to about 20%. Major causes were colonization schemes, increasing demand for timber, extension of agricultural land expansion tourism. Besides the quantitative removal forests there has been reforestation which led qualitative changes in cover. These human impacts on Lanka have caused not only a general degradation areas directly affected, but also geoecological distant areas. This paper presents (1) considerations impact activity tropical resulting consequences, as well (2) specific information situation Lanka.