Dunumadalawa Forest Reserve Dunumadalawa Forest Reserve (Sinhala: දුනුමඩලාව රක්ෂිතය), also known as Walker Estate or Waraka Watta , is a semi-isolated, hill country wet-zone forest reserve situated in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. Extending in an area of about 480 ha., it comprises mainly secondary growth forest (Hettiarachchi & Wijesundara, 2017). The forest area was an active tea, coffee and cocoa plantation until the early 1900s at which time it was protected as a watershed (Kittle et al., 2016). Some active reforestation of native tree species since 2000 has complemented natural reforestation to transform the area into a high-canopy mixed forest (Kittle et al., 2016). The forest forms the catchment and protects the watershed of two reservoirs, Dunumadala Wewa and Rosemith Wewa which augment the water supply to Kandy City (Hettiarachchi & Wijesundara, 2017; Yatigammana et al., 2011). British rulers built Dunumadalawa Wewa in the 1870s by damming the Dunumadalawa stream in order to provide drinking water…
