The project is an initiative of the Bay Islands Conservation Association Guanaja (BICA Guanaja) and is a multi-year restoration effort to plant 400,000 mangroves to restore a self-sustaining healthy forest on Guanaja Island, Honduras. In 1998, Hurricane Mitch destroyed the mangrove forests, which supported fisheries and wildlife habitat and protected the perimeter coral reef from siltation. On-the-ground planting as well as monitoring and education ensure the long-term vitality of the mangroves.