The purpose is to improve the local capacity to safely remove ghost fishing gear from the sea. The existence of a permanent diving center in the area is mandatory to provide security during all aquatic activities of the training and cleaning campaigns.

The purpose is to encourage fishers to actively prevent fishing gear loss and to report it when it happens. Fishers are invited to participate in interviews and workshops, where they share their experiences and ideas for solutions in the local context.

As well as providing useful information about the surrounding natural area (e.g. trails, routes) and relevant information about this (e.g. routes’ terrain, length, degree of difficulty, changes in altitude), the trail centres also educate users on how to behave in nature. Codes of conduct educate users about how to respect nature while enjoying their sport/activity in a natural environment. For example, centres may provide information about how to respect nature when walking, running, or cycling on the local tracks, trails, and routes.

Some centres also provide information about the natural and cultural history on the routes, increasing users’ awareness of their natural environment.

The Trail Centres act as physical spaces that increase and improve access to physical activities in nature, contributing to physical and mental well-being.

Their carefully chosen locations in proximity to nature (forests, water, and trails) help establish freely accessible, round-the-clock meeting places and start-points for outdoor sporting activities. As some are located close to urban areas, they also provide a gateway from urban to natural environments. 

Their combination as an all-in-one clubhouse, provider of service facilities, and meeting and training space, makes them ideal sites for local sports associations to use, as well as un-affiliated groups or individuals. This provides a space for socialising within, and between, sports and promotes relationship-building amongst users and with local sports associations.

Providing access to service facilities participation in outdoor sports activities (e.g. bicycle pumps and cleaning stations; covered training space; functional training equipment (stairs, monkey bars, TRX, etc.); storage space for equipment; and changing rooms/showers/toilets). As sites for borrowing equipment (e.g. map and compass, roller skis, SUP boards, etc.), the centres also encourage people to try new activities in nature in an affordable manner. 

The numerous buildings in need of repair or conservation create the need for clear guidelines. Local authorities lack the capacity to guide owners or translate urban regulations into decisions and the town’s historic landscape is threatened by new buildings, extensions and restorations which conflict with its specific character and natural landscape.

Following the rise in requests for professional advice, Studiogovora published a best practice guide for preserving valuable characteristics. The guide builds on a detailed analysis of the buildings, historic spa complex and public spaces. It describes each type of architectural element: facades, ornamentation, balconies and terraces, roofing etc., extending to the courtyard and its relationship with the landscape. It outlines a set of rules, identifies valuable elements, and puts them in a larger context, suggesting solutions for repairing elements, and contemporary interventions.

The Guide was developed in cooperation with heritage professionals and it has been adopted by local authorities as a set of official recommendations that will be supported and monitored by a newly established local planning commission. The guide is available for free online and it is also available to be purchased in physical format.

With more than a third of historic structures in decay and disrepair, there is urgent need for conservation works. These need to be done taking into account the extent of physical damages, ownership, availability for funds, investment opportunities, as well as possible future uses and users.

Studiogovora is developing a program to assess and prioritise interventions on the historic buildings and has until now acted to secure one of the oldest historic villas in the resort, helped several residents with advice and small scale works, and has restored a gazebo dating back to the 1930s. The team has also started to recover and store valuable pieces such as doors or furniture until they can be restored.

At present a couple of interventions have already been completed, this include an emergency intervention, a full building restoration and repair intervention for a roof. Several restoration projects are in the planning phase and their implementation is dependent on the decisions made by owners.

The lack of shared local stewardship for heritage is rooted in the numerous changes of ownership and the highly centralized and bureaucratized national heritage protection framework of Romania.

The Govora Heritage Lab raises awareness on the need for shared responsibility in finding solutions to protect and reuse abandoned historic buildings. Through its projects, the team offers examples of how actions by any citizen or actors can benefit the local heritage and create new opportunities for people and heritage through a framework for public-private-people cooperation.

These actions include: site volunteering for restoration works, continuous collaboration with public and private stakeholders, advice on funding possibilities or needed interventions, cultural events in heritage buildings etc.

The work of sensitization and environmental education that the Sanctuary has been developing has been key in the contribution to the conservation of the páramo and its biodiversity. Thanks to these actions, nowadays the people of the surrounding villages and owners of properties and RNSC, for whom the Sanctuary has become a place that provides them with knowledge and where they can interact with others around learning and conservation, define it as an "open environmental classroom". Fabio Muñoz, current head of the Sanctuary and his team are working to consolidate the Training School for Paramo Conservation, a proposal that seeks to continue with environmental education and teaching actions on the Sanctuary's restoration exercise to any person or entity that wishes to learn and replicate it in other areas of the country. The National Army of the Silva Plazas Battalion and its military base in Peña Negra, for example, have participated in the training sessions.

Guanentá has been characterized by its research work with different paramo and high mountain species, including three species endemic to the paramos of Colombia, Espeletia cachaluensis, E. chontalensis and E. laxiflora, as well as the Coloradito (Polylepis quadrijuga), these species are Conservation Object Values (VOC) of the protected area and of great value to local communities.

The research has been carried out hand in hand with educational institutions, which have had the opportunity to support the gathering of information on these and other species in the Sanctuary, generating information that has been complemented with the local knowledge of the inhabitants of the area of influence, which has been key in all phases of the project, from the collection of the seeds of each species, the propagation process, the maintenance of the seedlings in the nursery, and the subsequent planting of the individuals. In addition, Guanentá, being the PA with the greatest diversity of frailejones in the country, makes it an excellent scenario for research.

The financing of productive alternatives and/or improvement of agricultural practices outside the Sanctuary for families with land inside the protected area has stimulated the liberation of areas that were used for cattle ranching; in this way, actions have focused on recovering the impacted zones. On the other hand, the management of technical and financial resources with public and private actors facilitates the development and long-term permanence of the restoration process, because in addition to the construction of the infrastructure and the operation of the nursery (technical equipment and supplies), planting, maintenance and care are also carried out.

Much of the restoration work carried out by PNNC is thanks to the participation and inter-institutional efforts of CAS, CORPOBOYACA, WWF Colombia, AGROSOLIDARIA Association, the National Army, the municipalities, private companies and other key actors, who have provided inputs, labor and infrastructure, mainly. Undoubtedly, the strategic alliances in favor of biodiversity conservation in the Sanctuary are key to continue with the arduous and important work that the area has been implementing with these key actors.