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Commonwealth NGOs
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 Palni Hills Conservation Council
Nutshell,
Convent Road,
Kodaikanal 624101,
Tamil Nadu
India
Email: info@palnihills.org
Website: www.palnihills.org/
Type: NGO
Scope: local
Interest in Forestry: peripheral
Description
The Palni Hills Conservation Council was formed in 1985 as an organization devoted to promoting sustainable
development. The core group consists of ecologists, environmentalists, botanists, wildlife
enthusiasts and proponents of sustainable development with sixty supporting staff ranging from beekeepers
to water chemists.
The Palni Hills is basically the Eastern spur of the Western Ghats mountain range in the South Indian
State of Tamilnadu . The forests of the hills vary from dry deciduous to wet temperate zones. The
hills start at 280 Mts. above sea level and raise up to 2300 Mts.
Activities
Workshop on Thai Sac Brood affecting the Asian Hive Bee
Training Programme on Bio-dynamic farming
Surveys on status of wild life - Gaur (Bos gaurus); Butterflies; Elephant;
Small Mammals and Nilgiri Tahr
Water Quality index for rivers based on Biological indicators
Reuben Arboretum - a collection of over 100 taxa of trees at the foothills.
Growing and planting 300 000 tree saplings of 70 species
Beekeeping training and extension
Building Environmental Education Centre using Ecofriendly architecture
Providing drinking water to remote tribal hamlets through clean dug wells
Conducting literacy classes to tribes in inaccessible hill settlements
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