Sinharaja Forest Dynamics Plot, Sri Lanka

The Sinharaja World Heritage Site is the largest remnant of Sri Lanka's forests and contains the Sinharaja Forest Dynamics Plot. The Sinharaja Forest Dynamics Plot was founded in 1993 by the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan Department of Forestry, and CTFS/Harvard University. The forests of Sri Lanka display relatively low diversity but very high endemism. For example, in the Sinharaja World Heritage Site, 70% of its 190 tree species are endemic. The Sinharaja Forest Dynamics Plot contains one-half of the species in the World Heritage Site's lowland rain forests and one-quarter of all of Sri Lanka's tree species. The forest demographic work at the plot complements ongoing silvicultural and economic studies of the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Forest Department, Yale School of Forestry and the Environment, CTFS/Harvard University. Research issues at Sinharaja include silvicultural management for diverse forest products including hardwoods, forest restoration, and the biological stability of forests of low biological diversity.

辛哈拉加世界遗产地（Sinharaja World Heritage Site）是斯里兰卡现存面积最大的森林遗存，其内设有辛哈拉加森林动态样地（Sinharaja Forest Dynamics Plot）。该样地于1993年由斯里兰卡佩拉德尼亚大学（University of Peradeniya）、斯里兰卡林业部以及CTFS/哈佛大学联合创立。斯里兰卡的森林物种多样性相对较低，但特有性极高。例如在辛哈拉加世界遗产地内，其190种树木中有70%为特有物种。辛哈拉加森林动态样地涵盖了该世界遗产地低地雨林中一半的物种，以及斯里兰卡全部树木物种的四分之一。该样地开展的森林种群动态研究，可与佩拉德尼亚大学、斯里兰卡林业部、耶鲁森林与环境学院（Yale School of Forestry and the Environment）以及CTFS/哈佛大学正在推进的营林与经济研究形成互补。辛哈拉加的研究议题涵盖阔叶材等多种林产品的营林管理、森林恢复，以及低生物多样性森林的生物稳定性。