Now a days many measures taken to protect the Sinharaja, the future still holds a measure of uncertainly for this Reserve.
Wilderness areas like the Sinharaja are often subject to the activities of those who week to exploit them on a commercial scale.
The greatest threat, by far, to the Sinharaja is the ever-increasing demand for timber and plywood for construction and other purposes.
As the logging project of the 1970's demonstrated, policy makers are often only too ready to take the easy way out and advocate the destruction of existing forests for development purposes.
Further problems are posed by the demand for land by a rapidly expanding population.
With the declaration of the Sinharaja as the first National Heritage Wilderness area grater legal security has been provide for its protection.
Its excision is permitted only with the concurrence of the President and the Parliament of Sir Lanka.
Meanwhile its recent declaration as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO brings it further international recognition.
