The primary aims of management for the proposed Siberut Nature Conservation Area (KPA) can be summarized as follows:

1. To maintain ecological and genetic diversity in a functioning lowland tropical rainforest where the variety of existing ecosystems, flora and fauna are preserved.
2. To benefit local people by respecting customary rights to forest within the reserve and allowing traditional use which does not threaten the conservation values of the reserve.
3. To integrate the reserve into a regional land use plan for the Mentawai Islands that ensures both long-term conservation and local socio-economic development.
4. To utilize the qualities of the reserve to their best advantage through training and research that promotes the first three objectives.