Saturday, March 21, 2015

Dedication of International Forest Day to 'World's Most Threatened'

Today (21st of March) is the International Day of Forests. Other than the usual birds, the family of Purple-faced Leaf Monkey that lives in our area could be spotted giving special meaning for the day. This monkey family consist of a father, mother and a young monkey. Most of the days, they visited the highest leafless tree at the bank of Kolonnawa Canal giving me a straight look from the balcony of our residence. Primarily being forest species, these Monkeys give a very big fight for survival on fast changing land use patterns in the area. These 3 could be the last of the monkeys that will ever live in this area and I wish them long peaceful life on International Forest Day this year..!!


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