The new contract packages to be awarded in NCPCP covers around 165 ha , out of which, majority of the area consists of lands belongs to the Forest Department and Department of Wildlife Conservation. A comprehensive Ecological Survey was carried out by the Environment Specialists and inspected all the pants and animal species in the affected area and made arrangements to conserve all the Endemic, threatened and other environmentally sensitive species before handing over the sites to State Timber Corporation for removal of trees . Some of the endemic floral species were collected and maintained in a net house at the PIU/NCPCP, these species will be planned to be transplanted inside the similar forest areas in the year end rainy season.
Priority Species to be translocation /transplant
Species collection for translocation was done in parallel to the biodiversity survey. All newly recorded species (other than those recorded in IUCN and MMD&E, 2017) were evaluated using species prioritized criteria given in the Wildlife Management Plan (IUCN and MMD&E, 2017) and were rescued as appropriate.
Priority species translocation-Canal Section (NCPCP) 3 & 4
• A total of 339 plants or propagating material belonging to 44 species were collected
• Among them were 18 threatened species (169 individuals), nine near threatened species (87 individuals) and 11 endemic species (117 individuals).
Priority species translocation-Canal Section (NCPCP) 3 & 4
• A total of 339 plants or propagating material belonging to 44 species were collected
• Among them were 18 threatened species (169 individuals), nine near threatened species (87 individuals) and 11 endemic species (117 individuals).
Fauna rescue & translocation-Canal Section (NCPCP) 03 & 04 6
• A total of 60 invertebrate and 19 vertebrate individuals belonging to 23 species were collected and trans located from NCPCP-3 area and
• A total of 174 invertebrate and 34 vertebrate individuals belongs to 25 species were collected and trans located from NCPCP-4 area.
• A total number of 31 endemic animals were rescued from NCPCP-3 area and a total of 113 endemic animals were rescued from NCPCP-4 area.
Canal Section (NCPCP) 05 & 06
• Total of 136 individuals belong to 26 faunal species were rescued and trans located from NCPCP-5 and NCPCP-6 sections
• All of them were trans located in to similar habitats at Mahadiulwewa and Eruwewa catchments.
• A total number of 49 endemic animals were rescued from NCPCP-5 area and a total of 10 endemic animals were rescued from NCPCP-5 area.