For the people of this remote gram panchayat, the decentralisation drive is as much about conservation as it is about development. While the panchayat has waken up to ecological issues, thanks to the panchayat-sponsored environmental campaigns, efforts are now on to identify and 'conserve bio-diversity hot spots' in the panchayat.Chapparappadavu panchayat in the eastern hill areas of the district is among the success stories of the People's Planning campaign as it has successfully launched varius participatory projects under the campaign.