4.Livelihood improvement activities
4.1. Eco-Tourism
* Conducting periodic impact assessment in a participatory
manner among the stakeholders
* Genepool Garden in Gudalur (Western Ghats)
• Eastern Ghats
* Kurumbapatti - Yercaud circuit (Salem)
* Aiyur - Denkanikottai - Hogenakkal Waterfall circuit
(Hosur)
* Kollimalai - Medicinal Plants Conservation Area (MPCA) -
Akash Ganga Waterfall circuit (Namakkal)
* Yelagiri - Amirthi - Jamnamarathur - Beeman Waterfall -
Kular Cave circuit
- Anguthai Jonai Eco-Tourism site (Tirupattur)
- Jalagambarai Eco-Tourism site (Tirupattur)
- Beeman Waterfalls Eco-Tourism site (Tiruvannamalai)
4.2. Eco-development activities
* Organizing State level workshop for the implementing
officers to share the experiences of eco-development in
TBGP and discussing the plans for TBGPCCR
* Organizing Kick-off meetings for the stakeholders to
discuss the overall plans for eco development
* Conducting Field level micro-planning exercises in 155
EDC villages to facilitate participatory planning of ecodevelopment plans
* Constitution of Eco-Development Committees and their
Executive Committees
* Organizing Study tours for the target EDCs to visit other
successful groups such as EDCs, VFCs, and SHGs
* Completion of eco-development plans in each target
village by way of addressing socio-economic and
ecological requirements
* Organizing a Nattu vaidyar (traditional medicine
practitioner) conference to preserve traditional knowledge
among tribal and local people at five places viz. Kolli Hills,
Yercaud, Kalrayans, Jamnamarathur and Kallakurichi
* Heritage conservation at
a) Kullar Caves in Patramanagalam RF
b) Gudiyam Caves in Pulikundrum RF
c) Mel Siddhar Kovil at Kanjamalai RF
d) Kariyaramar Kovil at Kurumbapatti RF
• Western Ghats
