The project has trained over a hundred researchers active in the field of conservation and ecology in the Western Ghats in the use of spatially explicit tools. The workshops themselves were hosted by five different institutions thereby helping in networking them and creating a group of resource persons.
The training has filled an important gap in the capacities of these researchers to use spatially explicit data from a variety of sources in conservation related research.
The project has helped bring together an initial set of syllabi for teaching spatial analysis to ecologists based on discussions with experts in the field. This may have long term impacts on the quality of research outputs from institutions involved in these fields.

The project has exceeded the targets set in terms of numbers of students and institutions covered as well as the range of topics that were taught and discussed.
1. Over a 100 persons from conservation groups were trained in the use of open source software for GIS, GPS, remote sensing and introduced to spatial statistics and landscape ecology applications.
2. Online resources for the training in terms of tutorials, quizzes, reading materials and exercises were provided via an internet based course management software.
3. Free and open source software for spatial applications were installed and configured for each of the participants on their computers.