Date of Ratification
UNCCD Annex
Annex II: Asia
National Focal Points
Science and Technology Correspondents
UNCCD Accredited CSOs
National Action Programmes
- Sri Lanka - National Action Programme, 2002, English
Voluntary LDN Targets (Optional)
National voluntary LDN targets (original language)
• Halt the conversion of forests and wetlands to other land cover classes.• Restore and improve degraded forest (80% in the dry zone and 20% in the wet zone).
• Increase forest cover from 29% to 32%.
• Reduce rate of soil degradation to improve land productivity and Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) stocks.
• Reduce soil erosion of lands cultivated with annual and plantation crops. *An unofficial translation into English is provided for countries which articulated their targets in other languages.
National Drought Plans
- Sri Lanka - National Drought Plan, 2020, English