Reforestation efforts and Coralita management can reinforce one another, and we should have a Coralita-free buffer below Signal Hill. All attendees at the meeting organised by Elizabeth and me and facilitated by CNSI agreed on these matters. The 30th of October 2018, we had the pleasure to discuss with the deputy government commissioner, Stenapa and LVV our insights into Coralita so far and give short and long term recommendations for management. Read the highlights here! We shared three hands-on ideas for Coralita projects: to establish a demonstration & motivation site, a research & test area, and an Adopt a tree programme. The demonstration site should be a centrally located and well-known location overgrown by Coralita, which would be transformed into a more attractive use. On Saba, we ran a pilot where we replaced Coralita with lemon trees. For Statia, we suggested to clean the Deep Yard and make it into a nice area for the community to use, sending a message that Coralita removal is possible and worthwhile. A research area would serve to answer remaining questions, such as “are pigs a viable removal method for Coralita?” or “after careful herbicide application, how quickly does Coralita recover?”. Gershon Lopes (LVV) suggested to use the area along the beach down from the Bay Path for this. A research area requires long term commitment, since to get reliable and informative results, you need to run tests for a couple of years. Lastly, we suggested an Adopt a Tree programme in which a person, organization or school class takes on the responsibility to keep one tree free from Coralita. In this spirit, Elizabeth organized multiple Coralita clean-ups on Statia, focused on the Tamarind trees below the King’s well. Next to these approaches, we discussed priority areas for Coralita management on Statia. Firstly, there are some spots where it is creeping up the Quill, such as the trail head at Rosemary lane, the road to the Radio tower, and at the trail head of Upper Round Hill. For these areas, ...