Protected Areas: Year, State wise Name and Area of Community Reserves in India (as of February 2025)

This Dataset contains list of Community Reserves in India and its area along with year of notification of the each Community Reserve. Note: Conservation reserves and community reserves in India are terms denoting protected areas of India 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.