Globally,many nature reserves have experienced major crisis,especially in developing countries,where they often face a combination of natural and anthropogenic influences.As the first country in the world to establish nature reserves,Sri Lanka has given great importance to nature reserves since ancient times and has formed a long history suitable for the local conditions of the nature reserve development system to deal with the crisis.By analyzing the development history of nature reserve development in Sri Lanka,we explore the pioneering nature reserve system in Sri Lanka under the influence of national development crisis,special natural environmental conditions and human history,and summarize the specific conservation initiatives of Sri Lanka that can be used as a reference for the whole world,to guide the conservation and development of nature reserves in other countries.
Sri LankaNatural heritage siteNature reserve constructionNational development crisis