Here is the report's editorial, summarising the progress made during the year.
In February 2022, we published a new strategic plan with the mission of supporting rural communities in restoring the Comorian ecosystems. It was a key moment for our NGO: capitalising on our experiences since our inception in 2013, we sought to develop programmes with greater impact on natural resources and the livelihoods of rural populations. This transition, however, involved a significant overhaul of our activities.
Today, thanks to the patience of the farmers and fishermen and women with whom we collaborate, the continued support of our technical partners, and the commitment of our donors – notably through transformative funding from Cartier for Nature – our new programmes are taking shape and producing their first impacts.
The key figures updated at the end of 2025 illustrate the scale of our actions on the islands of Anjouan and Grande Comore. The reforestation programme, the only one carried forward from the previous strategy, brought the total number of trees planted by farmers to 340,000 since 2017. A major advance in 2025 was its rollout at the Grille site in the north of Grande Comore, which generated significant demand for trees in the area (page 25).
The other programme figures (40 forest conservation agreements and 4 permanent marine reserves) reflect actions in development since 2022. We are convinced that the significant efforts made in the co-construction of these programmes between our teams and the communities constitute solid foundations for their long-term sustainability, with notably a significant extension of the Permanent marine reserves completed at the end of 2025 (page 21). In 2026, we will seek to consolidate the impact of forest agreements on deforestation, before planning their wider deployment (page 11).
A significant event of the year was the reclassification of the Comoros' flagship species, the Livingstone's fruit bat. Livingstone's fruit bat. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially declassified the species from the category «Critically endangered» to the category «Endangered», thanks to population data collected since 2013. We elaborate on the reasons behind this decision on page 14.
This strategic redesign work is heavily mobilising our teams and energy, involving a progressive prioritisation of programmes. Thus, in 2026, we will advance work on the agroforestry programme in order to refine its targeting and strengthen its integration with our forest and marine programmes.
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