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Thilo provided the leadership so others like Douglas and Deepal Warakagoda could really spread the word about biodiversity. Sinharaja was declared a reserve by the British<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/13.1.1\/1f1ec_1f1e7\/72.png\" alt=\"&#x1f1ec;&#x1f1e7;\" data-emoji=\"&#x1f1ec;&#x1f1e7;\" aria-label=\"&#x1f1ec;&#x1f1e7;\" \/>\u00a0in 1875 but it was being logged after 1960. The republic was uncertain about protecting the forest but around 1977, strictly perhaps after Apr 1978; logging concessions were rescinded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Maafd9SpZ7Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Podcast: Faithful Foreigner, Saving Sinharaja; Douglas Ranasinghe A podcast episode featuring Douglas Ranasinghe who has written a biography of Thilo Hoffman, the Swiss Sri Lankan who helped save Sinharaja rainforest and was part of a post colonial nature conservation movement. 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