- Bundala is an internationally important wintering ground for migratory water birds.
- Bundala National Park is an internationally important wintering ground for migratory water birdsharbors.
- 197 species of Birds, the highlight being the Greater Flamingo, which migrate in large flocks.
- Bundala was designated a wildlife sanctuary in 1969 and redesignated to a national park on 4 January 1993.
- In 1991 Bundala became the first wetland to be declared as a Ramsar site in Sri Lanka. In 2005 the national park was designated as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO, the fourth biosphere reserve in Sri Lanka.
- The national park is situated 245 kilometres (152 mi) southeast of Colombo.
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- The water quality in the lagoons has changed by the drainage of excess water from irrigation systems, and release of sludge from the saltern into Bundala lagoon.
- The habitats of the wading birds and wildlife in the shrub forest and dunes is threatened as a result of the spread of two invasive alien plants Prosopis juliflora and Opuntia dillenii around the tidal plains in Malala and Embilikala and the sand dunes and nearby scrub forests.
- The spread of Prosopis juliflora is made easy by uncontrolled livestock herds.
- The seeds of the Optunia cactuses (called Kathu Potak in Sinhala) are spread by macaque monkeys, and perhaps other animals and birds, that eat the fruits. It is also spread by people cutting down the cactus but leaving the cuttings, which then re-sprout.
- No biological control measures have been carried out with the moth Cactoblastis cactorum so far.
- Manual removal of the cactuses will be impossible as the area where they have spread over is vast.