The main objective of the project being conservation and sustainable use the mangrove forest was achieved through outreach, awareness raising and reforestation activities. Some 11,500 mangrove seedlings had been planted by the local communities and project participants along the Sematan River withing the village of Trusan Jaya. While the main activity is the replanting of the mangrove tree seedlings, awareness raising proved to be an important aspect of the project which included distribution of informative pamphlets and publications to the local communities. Through its outreach and communication activity, the project has successfully trained more than 200 local participants on the basic use of the computer.
The project also built the capacity of the local communities in preparation for the implementation to promote Kampung Trusan Jaya as an eco-tourism and business centre through the selection of project participants, monitoring and evaluation visits as well as quarterly project management and technical meetings. Selected project participants successfully implemented various activities including crab capture fishery, soft shell crab culture, production of traditional food through cottage industry as well as downstream fishery products. As such, the Sarawak Tourism Board has endorsed Kampung Trusan Jaya as the tourism destination in Sematan, Lundu District leading to more income generation opportunities through other eco-tourism activities such as river cruises within the mangrove forest and sea angling carried out by the local community of Kampung Trusan Jaya.