The Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS), Zanzibar in collaboration with the German Centre for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT) and the Institute of Fisheries and Marine Sciences (IH.SM), Madagascar is implementing a two-year research project on Participatory Modelling for Nature-based Solutions in the Western Indian Ocean (PaMo-NbS), with the activities for the project to be carried out on the Island of Mafia.