The project aims to sustainably restore the Tahiti Monarchs habitat with the help of local people through the culture of the rare Tahitian sandalwood tree. The steps are:

1-Target a rat-free area at the Santalum fruit fall zone (at the governmental Botanical Reserve) ; 2- Constitute a seed bank of this rare plant ; 3- Grow Santalum insulare at the valleys’ nurseries for the local owners (the tree is a parasitic plant requiring other plant species as host allowing a biodiverse forestation) ; 4- Keep a 0 pig & goat and controlled rat habitat for the Monarchs and the sandalwood trees (long-term involvement from local people).