The Palni hills, an eastward spur of the Western Ghats, one of the 25 Biodiversity Hotspots of the entire planet, have a considerable number of endemic and highly threatened plant species like Sonerilla pulneyensis, psydrax ficiformis etc. This project was mainly undertaken to provide necessary information inputs to enable the ordinary people to understand the urgency of environment problem and motivating them to take necessary actions for the same. It was a clear eco-restoration work where professional reforestation, with the permission of the Forest Department was undertaken. All the trainees made contribution, which was assessed by the project staff.
The goal and purpose of the project was two-fold:
a)Awareness component: Here, the selected teams of trainees from two main target groups i.e. villagers and students were exposed to a live-in experience of nature?s processes (watershed, role of primary forests in maintaining the eco-system balance etc.)
b)Field component: It included an entire technical programme for greening of the Pambar Shola and implementation of several eco-restoration activities in 75 centres across South India.

The project intended to conserve the shoal forests in the pambar- shola region through awareness, eco-restoration, and action activities with tailor-made technical programmes. The objectives to achieve the goal were to create awareness by implementing eco-restoration programmes and greening the pambar-shola. The major activities involved- proposing of suitable corrective eco-restoration measures, motivating them for necessary action and equipping them with requisite practical skills. It also aimed to provide suitable field programmes for implementation, both at the project site as well as in the respective centres from where these trainees came.