Department of Wildlife Conservation (Sri Lanka)
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The Department of Wildlife Conservation is a non-ministerial government department in Sri Lanka. It is the government department responsible for maintaining national parks, nature reserves and wildlife in wilderness areas in Sir Lanka. Forest reserves and wilderness areas are maintained by the Department of Forest Conservation. The head of the Department is the Director General of Wildlife Conservation, formally known as Warden. It was established in October 1949 with Captain Cyril Nicholas, MC as its first Warden. The department comes under the purview of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and its present Director General is Ananda Wijesooriya.
List of national parks administered by the Department
- Yala National Park
- Wilpattu National Park
- Gal Oya National Park
- Kumana National Park
- Udawalawe National Park
- Lahugala Kitulana National Park
- Maduru Oya National Park
- Wasgamuwa National Park
- Flood Plains National Park
- Somawathiya National Park
- Horton Plains National Park
- Bundala National Park
- Lunugamvehera National Park
- Minneriya National Park
- Kaudulla National Park
- Hikkaduwa National Park
- Pigeon Island National Park
- Horagolla National Park
- Galway's Land National Park
- Angammedilla National Park
- Ussangoda National Park