A new partnership is helping restore and reconnect critical forest habitats in Sri Lanka’s hill country. Hemas Holdings has partnered with WNPS PLANT to support ecological restoration in the central highlands, including the creation and strengthening of forest corridors within plantation landscapes. A key focus is Abbotsleigh Estate in Hatton, where restoration is taking place within an ecologically important watershed. The Hatton Oya, which forms part of the wider Mahaweli R

Dilshan Wirasekara, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of First Capital Holdings PLC and Sriyan de Silva Wijeyeratne, Chairman of WNPS-PLANT, signing the MoU First Capital Holdings PLC announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) through its PLANT initiative (Preserving Land and Nature (Guarantee) Limited) to support a large-scale forest restoration initiative in the central highlands of Sri Lanka.

Determined to work to turn the tide one step, one acre at a time, The Wildlife and Nature Protection Society’s Preserving Land and Nature (PLANT) initiative announced a strategic land partnership with Hatton Plantations PLC (HPL) to restore riparian ecosystems along the source locations of two of Sri Lanka’s most critical river systems in the Central Highlands. Under a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), PLANT and HPL will collaborate to reforest and rehabilitate