The point of this website is to promote awareness of this dilemma, which the local villagers within the Sinharaja Forest Reserve boundaries must accept every day. The dilemma that their rainforest which has provided so much for so many years may be under serious threat. If indeed illicit activities are taking place, even when the area has clearly been protected, then it is the responsibility of everyone concerned to at least try and do something about it.

It is somewhat unrealistic to think that any one person is going to change the minds of the important influential people that hold the power in Sri Lanka. However a global united front of concerned citizens of the world may encourage equally influential organizations to investigate this matter further and to take such action as they see fit, if it is indeed required.

A petition has been created to give you, a concerned citizen of the world, a chance to voice your opinion and concerns to the above mentioned influential organizations. Simply fill in your name on the online petition and press send to express your concerns to the NGOs, MPs, etc while stating your consent and expectance for further investigation of this matter.

Ecotourism is an approach to encourage tourists to visit an area of natural beauty combined with evological importance on the grounds that they pay for the experience.

Is that money put back into the preservation of the area? Its species and its local people? We clearly need to use a completely new approach to generating and sharing tourism revenue share with local people. Maybe even with local school and hospitals too.

It has become very popular and almost stylish for western holiday makers to go on an ecotourism holiday and in general it seems to work out very well for the area being visited. However what if those attempts to preserve an area by encouraging tourisms actually causes degeneration in that area. Wouldn’t this be somewhat contradicting?

It is inconceivable to us that this situation is unique to the Sinharaja. We believe that if this can be going on in a UNESCO World Heritage Protected Site such as the Sinharaja Forest Reserve - practically right underneath their very noses - then surely and sadly similiar actions must be going on elsewhere in other protected World Heritage Sites across the globe.

This campaign is very much in its infancy and this website, we hope, is only a stepping stone to a much larger development. We hope that by creating awareness of the illicit activities in the Sinharaja and by letting as many people as possible know that even protected areas of the world are threatened and vulnerable to ‘predation’ themselves, then maybe something will be done to encourage enforcement of regulations.

We hope that change can be brought about that will enforce countries to abide by the legislation that is set up to protect areas that need such protection. These areas are for the good of all, not for the pockets of a few.

We need your help and the help from everyone who honestly sees this particular shade of ecotourism as a contradicting problem rather than an effective and sustainable solution. By voicing your concerns and supporting the Save the Sinharaja Campaign, you are showing your support for all campaigns and for all efforts across the globe in combating such unacceptable and unsustaining activities.

This is the first few steps of a very long journey and we need YOU to take these steps alongside us.