An environmental education facility for the local community with a focus on the teaching of conservation, identification and use of indigenous medicinal plants.

The Centre is situated in the Pitchandikulam Ethnomedicinal Forest with its demonstration and thematic gardens and provides:

• an extensive library and database

• a display of photos, seeds, posters, herbarium sheets, raw drugs and traditional technologies

• documentation of the knowledge of more than 200 local healers

• the publishing of a bioregional newsletter and teaching materials