Bringing Sri Lanka’s Mangroves Back to Life

The plush mangroves in Western Sri Lanka have provided families with critical resources for generations. Sadly, in recent years the mangroves have slowly depleted in size and nutrients. Douglas Thisera, is working hard to change this. Known as the Mangrove Master, Thisera has spent the last 16 years replanting and conserving mangroves in his district. Along with community activists, Douglas has helped plant 2 million saplings in the area. He’s on a mission to bring the mangroves back to their former glory.
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[@AnisChandio]

If only rest of the world could follow the lead of such people then there is hope for our world. We must preserve our ecosystem. That's the only way we can survive. Massive respect for this lad and everyone who has contributed to this.

[@terrylogginss]

Anis Chaandio greed is killing everything

[@BilalMahir]

This is my country 🇱🇰! Proud of the guy

[@tandra7417]

Bilal Mahir 💖💖💖👏

[@venukimoby9619]

OMG thank you so much for appericiating my country subscribed and liked EDIT: thank you so much for all the like guys

[@tandra7417]

Venuki Somasiri That's cool! 😊Also loves from France! 💖💖💖💖💖👏

[@venukimoby9619]

omg so cool are you sri lankan as well?

[@hanshearth7745]

Venuki Somasiri yep, from America

[@venukimoby9619]

wow

[@nicolemathers143]

Love this Chanel learn so much tell my mum stuff and she says wow how do you know that then I say great big story’s

[@My_You_Tube]

Thank you Douglas Thisera....You are my hero!

[@johnnybadboy3475]

This man is doing God’s work.

[@shamilarifeen380]

When you can understand the native language without reading the English subtitles. 😂

[@yoshi8799]

Are the subtitles accurate? it seems like the length of time the man is speaking is really long compared to the English translation. Maybe the words in the language are just longer and have more syllables?

[@lismiles8953]

yoshi8799 The general translation is correct but he is more expressive in his sinhalese descriptions than the translation itself :)

[@shamilarifeen380]

yoshi8799 Also words in the language can take a bit longer than English. It's actually a mixture of both length and content translated

[@ChehasthaGurusinha]

I'm a Sri Lankan. He describes his thoughts more than what the translation shows on screen. Nevertheless, it is accurate.

[@FiendsLikeThese]

What language is he speaking? It sounds like lots of repeated words or syllables but it’s got a beautiful cadence.

[@JustinY.]

"It's alive!"

[@kaiserwilhelmii1971]

yo i see you evriveare i go

[@ohyeahohyeah1369]

Yoooo Justin y

[@robot-he6nq]

Why?

[@the_really_tired_one]

Justin Y. Hi

[@JrKombo123]

this guy is fucking everywhere

[@lifetimekeil]

Srilanka forever, that's my country

[@nihalperera9011]

Sameee

[@kumarigoonesekere8383]

I'm so glad that my homeland was recognized in a few of these videos. I feel proud to be part of a nation in which a few strive to take action to help our ecosystem in whatever way they can.

[@THILOHUB]

Hello friends...Thank you very much for your comments....I am the person who worked as a Fixer in Sri Lanka in this Project.once again Thank you.

[@ChehasthaGurusinha]

Respect your endeavour for conserving the mangroves. Thank you! Also thank you Great Big Story for showcasing our country on your channel...!

[@GamingTaylor]

"What is your name?" Warnakulasooriyanoeldouglastissera

[@Sugmadragon]

We lankans have long ass names...but not as long as africans😁like uvuwe

[@katsbreez]

Those gorgeous overhead shots really help you understand the scope of his mission. Grateful for his work.

[@tandra7417]

*Wow !He is such an inspiration of the nature for youngers*💖👏

[@Thacarshee]

Im from Sri Lanka and this a huge part of our lifestyle its happy see this getting some international love

[@nativelatinosfucktrump3055]

mother earth needs our help stop destroying her please please please for our future grandchildren to see her

[@Senura101]

Yay my country ❤️

[@vinidugeevaratne6008]

Any other Sri Lankan's in the chat?

[@Nimasha.Mendis]

Yes

[@igcas]

yes :)

[@imadasmone8915]

Another great video from my country.. that feeling when you are learning things about your own country from somewhere els 😅

[@SachiraBhanu]

True bro. I didn't even know about him before.

[@tharindushehan2856]

Beautiful our country 🇱🇰❤️

[@jadethegingergoblin718]

Protecting the environment is such a noble cause. I'm happy there are people like him in the world.

[@laprietayelguero]

Thank Sir!

[@crypticTV]

Sri Lanka has the world's first and largest protected mangrove habitat :) 😍😍😍😍

[@THILOHUB]

Hello friends...Thank you very much for your comments....I am the person who worked as a Fixer in Sri Lanka in this Project.once again Thank you.

[@roxanadelacruz6485]

¡Qué genial! Muchas gracias por tu trabajo en la conservación del ecosistema, ¡es muy inspirador! 👏👏👏

[@notjoemama5988]

I’m from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

[@THILOHUB]

Hello friends...Thank you very much for your comments....I am the person who worked as a Fixer in Sri Lanka in this Project.once again Thank you.

[@temmie5152]

He has a very long name.

[@tandra7417]

T e m m i e That doesn't mean! But he protects the earth more than regular humains 😊! 💓

[@pierrebreaux]

It's a really easy name to say

[@rustomcadet3533]

T e m m i e It's quite common here but there are longer names.

[@Thacarshee]

T e m m i e we all do

[@David199701]

I love seeing a man dedicated to save the trees he needs to fish and live 😊

[@wasaththedev]

Very Proud To Be a Sri Lankan 🇱🇰❤️

[@SevenLeven]

I’m srilankan and this vid is so inspiring!

[@janithavidarshana3626]

I'm a Sri Lankan. 🇱🇰 thanks for this ❤️

[@rustomcadet3533]

*SRILANKA!*

[@mahikantha]

the moment you dont need subtitles to understand him 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@Sugmadragon]

GBS thank you for doing another story on our mother country❤🇱🇰

[@RAJABHAI-pn6gy]

These peoples should be given the Nobel...

[@believeslife9181]

Amazing

[@stealth0932]

man grove man joins the fight

[@chu79]

one more hero of this planet 🌱 🌿

[@johnnybadboy3475]

The language he speaks either takes more time to make a point than in English or some translation error has happened

[@shamilarifeen380]

JohnnyDaPrankstaGangsta Actually both. It takes long but also some of what he says hasn't been put on screen

[@johnnybadboy3475]

Shamil Arifeen do you know the language or are you just familiar with translation techniques?

[@shamilarifeen380]

JohnnyDaPrankstaGangsta I know the language bro. I'm Sri Lankan

[@sleepwalkerdeepsea6783]

You inspired everone sir..much salute👏🏽

[@ohyeahohyeah1369]

The mangrove man joined the battle

[@mikedev901]

Ecosia should go to Sri Lanka and help out. This is awesome

[@warmac88]

Beautiful

[@maxhorstmann4971]

I love your Channel

[@bharatecon]

Good job.

[@LalinDissanayaka]

Came to Sri lanka 7 months ago yo start a comedy travel show on KZbin.

[@tandra7417]

MunchiePow ???

[@nihalperera9011]

Yay im from sri lanka.

[@lucarrie]

Greenery!

[@gihankanishka]

just AMAZING !

[@atheebahamed2211]

Sri Lanka💓

[@sathanmaxwell1370]

Please make a Video about ''Angampora'' Sri Lankan martial Art

[@THILOHUB]

Hello friends...Thank you very much for your comments....I am the person who worked as a Fixer in Sri Lanka in this Project.once again Thank

[@francislematt7079]

Is this just me but when I watch it at 1080p the quality is still pretty bad, but the GBS logo is crisp.

[@jefkoele-wijn8872]

Very nice !

[@harrypat2110]

It’s my origine country

[@sakeriyasaleh4820]

this is so good

[@akanujakrishan]

Great Keep it up ❤️👌🏻

[@piatrautwein9782]

You should make a video of the man who built a forest in 40 years!

[@rinarock2298]

Cool😂😆👍✅

[@maxhorstmann4971]

Best

[@MalaysianTropikfusion]

First time hearing Sinhalese. Thought it sounds like Hindi + Tamil.

[@mehreenmalik1869]

Ezehelm not really

[@MalaysianTropikfusion]

I'm not familiar with other languages spoken in South Asia. Would you rather say that Sinhalese sounds like Nepali or Bengali? Or perhaps Konkani? Sindhi?

[@allmyfriendsareheathens5071]

Ezehelm Sinhala is inspired from Pali and Sanskrit. Also the languages you mentioned above have many simillar words with sinhala, because all from South asia. If you ask me a language that "mostly" resembles sinhala, that would be Dhivehi ( Maldives dominant language)

[@nihalperera9011]

Nope

[@Marshano100]

We need more men like him

[@eacbeezy3551]

ITS ALIVE!!! :D

[@blank-8928]

This man is lit

[@shavaizahmad4951]

Nice

[@sakeriyasaleh4820]

2 million mangrove sapling😱😱😱😱😱

[@Pakawho]

Hello

[@bYgfoot]

That Mexican staring frog of southern Sri Lanka

[@TBONESIDEOFLIFE]

Dear person reading this I hope your day has been going well if not, I hope it gets better. You are an amazing person who will inspire others to do great things so keep up the hard work. I know you may feel unimportant or insecure at the moment but know that you are a beautiful human being inside, outside and you are important.

[@THILOHUB]

Hello friends...Thank you very much for your comments....I am the person who worked as a Fixer in Sri Lanka in this Project.once again Thank

[@relaxelicious7962]

💖

[@ZimbabwayZ]

salute

[@maddoxleitz1476]

unlisted

[@setuchoudhary2244]

thumbnail looks like he's a giant

[@lianbitar926]

How the hell do you guys offices to make these vids with such low views for a channel with 2mil subs

[@rakka4133]

يشبه ماجد عبدالله

[@calnitty7465]

0:41 that name though

[@yashsalvi7196]

Musharrof Hossain what about it

[@StukovM1g]

Musharrof Hossain Sinhala names are usually very long.

[@somestingyontheinternet683]

Thought that was a statue

[@gamez5080]

when you know the language but still don't understand it

[@johnnybadboy3475]

Guys what if the humans in Star Wars are an invasive species

[@dai-nippon_digger]

such things are not the same in Hawaii, Mangroves are invasive species

[@sumeahsking8019]

Ok...I get it..but saving more land to be dedicated to mangroves so you can catch an extra crab or two (I’m under exaggerating) probably isn’t producing as much food as a farm.

[@shamilarifeen380]

sumeahs king That's not his main priority and it doesn't matter as long as the environment's protected in some manner

[@sumeahsking8019]

Shamil Arifeen He wants to save the mangroves to allow for fishing of them and maintain his environment and the environment of the inhabitants, I get it, but from a purely economical perspective, you would most likely get more food from the farm as the wildlife will still be there, I doubt they are building over so much that animals are dying and can’t recover in population.

[@believeslife9181]

1st to comment yay and like

[@norika2965]

Take the mangrove from Hawaii! It’s invasive

[@atsukana1704]

Man whatever language the sri lankans speak can take forever to say some things. For instance anytime he was saying mangrove tree it took about 5-10 seconds

[@kirbyfanos123]

Ceylon is British clay

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

We need Thanos to spare conservationists and massacre the pollutants and use their souls to revive endangered species.

[@DogsBAwesome]

When hopefully benevolent AI's take over and turn off our genetic imperative for a while to trim down the species we can really get back to balance.

[@overthecounterbeanie]

Person. Woman. Man. Grove. TV.

[@Ahmed-jf7jj]

First

[@nicolemathers143]

FortunateList kk you say something nice then they like it

[@tandra7417]

Wtf😅

[@alanbloxgamming6446]

im early! pin me pls!

[@tandra7417]

Alan BloxGamming no because it's a wtf comment 😅

[@Eltener123]

If only the Tamils had someone to protect them in Sri Lanka too

[@vthiryone7882]

Eltener123 what are u talking???

[@Eltener123]

V ThiryOne about the persecution by the government and legal system

[@THILOHUB]

Hello friends...Thank you very much for your comments....I am the person who worked as a Fixer in Sri Lanka in this Project.once again Thank you.

[@potatochip6426]

First