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Conservation Reserves and Community Reserve
Conservation reserves and community reserves are terms denoting protected areas which typically act as buffer zones to or connectors and migration corridors between established national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, and reserved and protected forests of India.
Such areas are designated as conservation areas if they are uninhabited and completely owned by the Government of India but used for subsistence by communities, and community areas if part of the lands are privately owned.
These protected area categories were first introduced in the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act of 2002 − the amendment to the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.
These categories were added because of reduced protection in and around existing or proposed protected areas due to private ownership of land and land use.
As of March 2020, there were 88 conservation reserves and 163 community reserves in India.
( June 24, 2020) Maharashtra: Tillari area in Sindhudurg declared conservation reserve
there were 86 conservation reserves and 127 community reserves in India.
there were 86 conservation reserves and 163 community reserves in India.
there were 92 conservation reserves and 163 community reserves in India.
Source: Wildlife Institute of India, ENVIS Centre on Wildlife & Protected Areas
Tillari Conservation Reserve
The Maharashtra Government has declared 29.53 sq km area of Dodamarg forest range in Sindhudurg district as ‘Tillari Conservation Reserve’. (Jul 2020)
- Tillari is the seventh wildlife corridor in the state to be declared as a ‘conservation reserve’.
- The area covering nine villages in the forest range is known to serve as a corridor and even as a habitat for the population of tigers and elephants moving between the three states of Goa, Karnataka, and Maharashtra.
- It connects the Mhadei sanctuary in Goa and Bhimgad in Karnataka.
- It has semi-evergreen forests, tropical moist deciduous forests, and a number of unique trees, butterflies, and flowers.
List of Indian Conservation Reserves
| S.No. | Name of Conservation Reserve | State |
| 1 | Chharidhandh Conservation Reserve | Gujarat |
| 2 | Bir Bara Ban Conservation Reserve | Haryana |
| 3 | Saraswati Plantation Conservation Reserve | Haryana |
| 4 | Khiram Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 5 | Panyar Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 6 | Khanagund Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 7 | Shikargah Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 8 | Khrew Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 9 | Khonmoh Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 10 | Brain-Nishat Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 11 | Khimber/Dara/Sharazbal Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 12 | Wangat/Chatergul Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 13 | Ajas Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 14 | Naganari Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 15 | Zaloora, Harwan Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 16 | Sudhmahadev Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 17 | Jawahar Tunnel Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 18 | Thein Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 19 | Bahu Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 20 | Sabu Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 21 | Boodh Karbu Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 22 | Hokera (Ramsar Site) (WL) Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 23 | Narkara (WL) Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 24 | Manibugh (WL) Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 25 | Chatlam, Pampore (WL) | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 26 | Mirgund (WL) Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 27 | Shallabugh (WL) Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 28 | Ajas (WL) Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 29 | Hygam (WL) Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 30 | Malgam (WL) Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 31 | Gharana (WL) Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 32 | Pargwal (WL) Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 33 | Kukarian (WL) Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 34 | Nanga (WL) Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 35 | Sangral-Asa Chak (WL) Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 36 | Tsomoiri (Ramsar Site) (WL) Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 37 | Norrichain (WL) Conservation Reserve | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 38 | Bankapur Peacock Conservation Reserve (Bird) | Karnataka |
| 39 | Jayamangali Black Buck Conservation Reserve | Karnataka |
| 40 | Afghanashini Conservation Reserve | Karnataka |
| 41 | Bedthi Conservation Reserve | Karnataka |
| 42 | Basur Amruth Mahal Kaval Conservation Reserve | Karnataka |
| 43 | Hornbill Con Res Conservation Reserve | Karnataka |
| 44 | Shalmale Ripariam Bio-System Conservation Reserve | Karnataka |
| 45 | Thungabhadra Otter Conservation Reserve | Karnataka |
| 46 | Ankasamudra Birds | Karnataka |
| 47 | Kappathagudda | Karnataka |
| 48 | Magadi Kere | Karnataka |
| 49 | Melapura Bee Eater Bird | Karnataka |
| 50 | Puttenahalli Lake Birds | Karnataka |
| 5152 | ThimlapuraUmmathur Con R | KarnatakaKarnataka |
| 53 | Anjneri Conservation Reserve | Maharashtra |
| 54 | Kolamarka Conservation Reserve | Maharashtra |
| 55 | Mamdapur Conservation Reserve | Maharashtra |
| 56 | Muktai Bhavani Conservation Reserve | Maharashtra |
| 57 | Toranmal Conservation Reserve | Maharashtra |
| 58 | Bhorkada Conservation Reserve | Maharashtra |
| 59 | Beas River Conservation Reserve | Punjab |
| 60 | Rakh Sarai Amanat Khan Conservation Reserve | Punjab |
| 61 | Ranjit Sagar Conservation Reserve | Punjab |
| 62 | Roper Wetland Conservation Reserve | Punjab |
| 63 | Bisalpur Conservation Reserve | Rajasthan |
| 64 | Jor Beed Gadwala Bikaner Conservation Reserve | Rajasthan |
| 65 | Sundha Mata Conservation Reserve | Rajasthan |
| 66 | Gudha Vishnoi Conservation Reserve | Rajasthan |
| 67 | Shakambhari Conservation Reserve | Rajasthan |
| 68 | Umedganj Bird Conservation Reserve | Rajasthan |
| 69 | Jawai Band Leopard Conservation Reserve | Rajasthan |
| 70 | Gogelao Conservation Reserve | Rajasthan |
| 71 | Rotu Conservation Reserve | Rajasthan |
| 72 | Bir Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve | Rajasthan |
| 73 | Khetri Bansyal | Rajasthan |
| 74 | Sling Dong Fairreanum Orchid | Sikkim |
| 75 | Thiruppudai- maruthur Birds Conservation Reserve | Tamil Nadu |
| 76 | Suchindrum-Theroor-Managudi Conservation Reserve | Tamil Nadu |
| 77 | Asan Barage Wetland Conservation Reserve(Bird) | Uttarakhand |
| 78 | Jhilmi Jheel Conservation Reserve (Bird) | Uttarakhand |
| 79 | Pawalgarh Conservation Reserve | Uttarakhand |
| 80 | Naina Devi Himalayan Bird | Uttarakhand |
| 81 | Darlaghat Conservation Reserve | Himachal Pradesh |
| 82 | Shilli Conservation Reserve | Himachal Pradesh |
| 83 | Shri Naina Devi Conservation Reserve | Himachal Pradesh |
| 84 | Deul Conservation Reserve | West Bengal |
| 85 | Garpanchkot Conservation Reserve | West Bengal |
| 86 | Hijli Conservation Reserve | West Bengal |
| 87 | Mukutmanipur Conservation Reserve | West Bengal |
| 88 | Tekonia Conservation Reserve | West Bengal |
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