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The overall aim of the project is to halt the spread of privet, and eliminate it in some areas by increasing the public awareness of the problem and increasing the number of volunteers in the Shoalhaven effectively working on its control on their own land and in the adjacent riparian areas, crown land, public reserves and road reserves.

The project will focus on riparian zones where Privet thrives. Native vegetation on agricultural soils are the least represented of all the native vegetation communities on the south coast (Mitchell, NPWS, pers comm). Combined with riparian fencing the project has benefits for water quality by reducing erosion. The project will take the pressure off understorey species and habitat, both terrestrial and aquatic. It prevents further rapid degrading of these habitats and enhances the native bushland reserves in these heavily populated and much visited rural areas.

The project has significant environmental benefit for residents as well as for native vulnerable flora and fauna. It promotes meaningful community involvement in a way that strategically intervenes at a crucial stage of propagation of the weed, and gives immediate relief from a known allergen. Land owners and managers are encouraged to work strategically, using ecologically sound practices and proven bush regeneration techniques that are environmentally sound and highly effective.