Project goals or objective (including GEF problem area addressed by project) :
1. Rehabilitating the destroyed mangrove area in Wilayah Semangat Baru, Labuan Mapin Village, Alas sub-district, Sumbawa Regency.
2. Motivating local villagers to maintain the newly [re]planted mangrove seedlings for the benefit of the whole community.
3. Increasing environmental awareness among the local community (and the neighboring communities) especially on the importance of mangrove forest which affect their daily livelyhoods.

Activities to be carried out under project :
1. Gathering and planting activities of new mangrove seedlings/saplings along the coastline of Wilayah Semangat Baru.
2. Field trip to Probolinggo, a Kalpataru Award area in East Java, by a number of local leaders accompanied by LSB, to learn about mangrove management.
3. Exchange visit and training from/to YAPESDA (a GEF SGP grantee) in Lubuk Pakam, North Sumatra.
4. Local training on mangrove management in Wilayah Semangat Baru.

Project Participants and/or beneficiaries :
1. LSB staff (3 persons).
2. Members of Wilayah Semangat Baru, Labuan Mapin Village, Alas.
3. Fishermen from adjacent villages to the Wilayah Semangat Baru.