A Local Stewardship Council (LSC) is the main representative of a World Surfing Reserve and is in charge of implementing the Local Stewardship Plan. The LSC works together with Save The Waves Coalition to Protect, Steward, and Defend their surf ecosystem.

LSC members work on the ground and with the local community to carry out activities that result in the long-term conservation of the reserve as well as celebrate and honor the tradition of surfing and ocean recreation.  The Stewardship Planning Process brings together the LSC and important community members to map out the the critical threats to the region and come up with long term goals and objectives for permanent protection.  

The Stewardship Planning Process generally follows the outline in "Measures of Success" that includes building a Conceptual Model, developing a management plan that identifies goals, objectives, actions and timelines based on the threats to address.

STW has demonstrated success as a leader of surf conservation and coalition building.  We create strategic coalitions to carry out conservation projects at World Surfing reserves that have real impacts.  In selecting partners on the ground, we find common interests, fill capacity gaps based on strengths, and set common goals to have an outsized impact in the places we work. Through this work, STW has built a reputation of trust working with local partners around the world. 

For World Surfing Reserves and at Bahia de Todos Santos, we built a coalition between local surfers, environmental NGO's, local government agencies, businesses, artists and neighborhood groups to create holistic vision for the protection and enhancement of the region and coastline.  

While all participants entered a training program, the winners won an extraordinary trip to Antarctica, for which they also had to prepare their minds and bodies.

On that trip, they also learned about the scientists who monitor the climate station and the site. There they saw how everything is interconnected and that their local projects had an impact on climate at the local level.

La cooperación transfronteriza en PEM entre los archipiélagos puede nutrirse de experiencias de otros procesos llevados a cabo en otros ámbitos, por lo que se buscó recopilar buenas prácticas y lecciones aprendidas que sirvieran de referencia. Como fuentes de información se utilizaron trabajos que han profundizado en las extensas bases de datos ya disponibles a nivel internacional. Los criterios usados para filtrar, seleccionar y analizar las lecciones aprendidas tenían relación con los retos singulares y específicos de la Macaronesia (insularidad, ultraperiferia, etc.).

Las lecciones aprendidas seleccionadas fueron agrupadas por asuntos estratégicos transfronterizos para el PEM y la cooperación transfronteriza. Cada asunto podía constar de una o más lecciones aprendidas, siempre siguiendo una misma estructura: resumen de las lecciones; análisis detallado y referencias con más información; referencias a las buenas prácticas asociadas a dichas lecciones; y un análisis de su aplicabilidad a la Macaronesia. Esto permitió extraer recomendaciones para la cooperación transfronteriza en PEM en la Macaronesia europea, orientadas primero a cuestiones generales y luego a los sectores vinculados a los asuntos transnacionales estratégicos.

In the past, sea-turtle used to use many different beaches in Con Dao islands for breeding. However, due to the pressure from economic development, they had to retreat to few beaches inside the national park. When Con Dao Resort Co., Ltd. (Six Senses) started it business, Dat Doc was one of the left-over beaches. With new business model, the beach is well protected and regularly cleaned by the company's employees. After few years, in early 2018, sea-turtle started comeback Dat Doc for laying eggs. Fully aware the importance of sea-turtle conservation, the directors approached park managers, and with an agreement from Ba Ria-Vung Tau PPC, a collaborative project was initiated which aims to restore and conserve sea-turtle breeding grounds in Dat Doc beach.

After 3 years of implementation, the company has have invested c. USD 38,000 in following activities: an awareness programme, improve breeding sea turtle breeding habitats, setup a hatching pond 50m² with fence and CCTV system, and regular joined patrols by park rangers and company staff (1,044 working days, relocating 10 nests, 678 eggs, and releasing 464 baby turtles). The company continues to commit c. USD 70,000 for this programme in next 5 years.