From the outset, the aim was to set up a consortium that would bring together all the local stakeholders involved in nature management on the archipelago, as well as French metropolitan colleagues with expertise in a number of complementary fields: geography, fish biology. Given that only one technician is employed by the fishing federation (all other members are volunteers) and that the project's scientific leader does not live on site, it was crucial to recruit someone who would be responsible for running the project on site. This person was key throughout the project. In addition, we recruited a Master's student to support the CDD in the second year of the project.

In June 2019, RRFB started the first larval propagation project in Bonaire in collaboration with SECORE International. The goal of the partnership is to establish a technical cooperation in which RRFB provides local knowledge, manpower, field logistics, and a facility, and shares all field trial results, monitoring data, and qualitative feedback on methodologies and technologies provided by SECORE Int. In return, SECORE Int. provides techniques, methodologies, expertise and training sessions on larval propagation. This partnership's knowledge was crucial for successfully implementing larval propagation techniques in Bonaire. By consistently sharing results and lessons learned, the technique was improved, leading to greater success and scalability for future project replication.

• Sensitization of the Ministry Management on the project for endorsement of the activities as the PA is managed by the government.
• Identifying facilitators who are knowledgeable about the tools with assistance from IUCN as this was the first time the training were conducted and there was no expertise in the country. 
• Identifying  assistant facilitators from the Ministry to assist with logistics and interpretation. Assistant facilitators, especially youth should also come from members of the community for them to feel free to provide information and feel the need to implement the findings together.
• Stakeholders identification for each workshop training was based on the type of data to be collected. The target participants for SAGE training were mostly the local authorities (Chiefs, local council) and other structures  involved in decision making in biodiversity conservation related matters. The target participants for IMET were mostly technical people involved in conservation related issues. Line Ministries were engaged in the training workshop to provide technical expertise on conservation related activities outside PCAs in their respective departments and to agree on the working relations to link conservation inside and outside the PCA

The IMET evaluation of Mangabe Reserve in 2020 revealed weaknesses in infrastructure, capacity and communication that hamper effectiveness of the Reserve. Sustainability of the Reserve depends entirely on the capacity of the local communities to manage it. This is compounded by poor education levels of the population and difficult access to the villages. Over the past years, we have been bringing technicians from the towns to inform and train community members. It is now time to make this knowledge available locally so that youth who are better educated can access and use them as needed. Our challenge until 2030 is to establish an information center at each of the ten villages within Mangabe Reserve. In 2021, we started the initiative to build three information centers in three villages (Mangabe, Andranomandry, and Avolo) within the Mangabe Reserve. At the center, all community members will be able to obtain information about the Reserve and the existing regulations from one place. They will also be able to learn about improved farming techniques and read documents on financial management, personal development, etc. The center will represent the permanent presence of the Reserve that people will know and respect. As a result, we expect annual forest cover loss to decrease below 250ha from 2022.

The guide was printed and distributed in pdf version online and in physical version, both free of charge, during public restitutions and meetings with partners identified during the interviews (block 1).

It was also used as the basis for training courses in seed harvesting and seedling production for ecological restoration, for people who had shown a willingness to take action. Training courses were therefore offered in existing community nurseries experiencing difficulties, and in vocational training institutes such as agricultural high schools or adult training centers.

Organized over one or two days, these training courses enabled participants to discover existing outlets in ecological restoration (harvesters, producers, planters, those responsible for ecological monitoring), as well as to acquire theoretical and technical knowledge through hands-on workshops. Participants learned how to recognize the plant species around them, observe fruiting, collect and store correctly, draw up follow-up sheets, start production (semi, transplanting, cultivation), and set up a plantation.

After obtaining the permanent status of the Mangabe Protected Area in 2015, the first management plan was developed and implemented. In August – December 2019, we already ran community consultations on what should be included in the new management plan. In 2021, we ran three workshops to update the management plan. The first workshop involved MV team members and the regional representatives of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. The aim of this workshop was to write the updated management plan and to prepare the following workshops. Following the protected area management law, the updated management plan was presented, discussed and approved at regional level on 19-20th August 2021 involving regional and local authorities. In the end, Madagasikara Voakajy team made relevant changes according to the feedback received. Then, to comply with the law, the management plan was validated at the national level during a meeting of the protected area management committee on 22nd October 2021. The updated management plan includes the valorization of natural resources and improvement of human well-being. After doing relevant changes from participants ’feedbacks, the updated Mangabe management plan was ready to share with relevant authorities on January 2022.

We established 5 nurseries in the network of opened channels and raised 5600 propagules, mostly red mangroves but also black mangroves. Recently we have studied the white mangroves to assess their importance and have done a pilot on white mangrove propagation. Most of these propagules grew out into healthy saplings and have been outplanted in 5 events. Afterwards, the outplants have been monitored by interns. A successful nursery will increase mangrove plants available for reforestation efforts, emphasizing the need for an ecosystem-based approach to building resilience on the island.

An excellent communication plan/network with different stakeholders was initiated across different levels. From the inception of the project, the community and other stakeholders were constantly capacitated on how the project is going. A relay of relevant vulture conservation and policy issues was achieved to the target stakeholders within the communities and KAZA TFCA.

Among the solutions identified, the data sheet guide was a priority tool, to bring together all the knowledge in a popularized, easy-to-use work that could be accessed by all. It was therefore necessary to collect all species data, images of each phenological stage and production data. It was also necessary to select a suitable range of species.

This guide was developed in collaboration with the tribal beneficiaries. Through workshops, participants contributed their user perspective on a first version of the product. These workshops provided an opportunity to discuss the format (modular binder), design (font and colors) and paper, as well as the content (vernacular names, choice of species, specific needs).

The final version was then circulated to the technical experts for review and validation before being sent to print.

The water in the mangrove forest needs to refresh and be of good quality (salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH) in order for the mangroves and the organisms that are part of the mangrove habitat to flourish, like fish, sponges, anemones and mangrove oysters. The force behind the water circulation is the tidal flow; there is no river feeding the mangroves. The water moves through the roots as sheet flow, the channels and the lagoons. The growth of roots and accumulation of sediments reduce the capacity of the system to bring water in a timely fashion to all parts of the mangrove forest - especially the part farthest removed from the open ocean is most under stress.