Conservation reserves and community reserves of India
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Conservation reserves and community reserves in
Community reserves are the first instances of private land being accorded protection under the Indian legislature. It opens up the possibility of communally owned for-profit wildlife resorts, and also causes privately held areas under
These protected area categories were first introduced in the
Amendments to the Wild life protection act in 2003, provided a mechanism for recognition and legal backing to the community initiated efforts in wildlife protection. It provides a flexible system to achieve wildlife conservation without compromising community needs. Tiruvidaimarudur Conservation Reserve, declared on February 14, 2005, is the First Conservation Reserve to be established in the country. It is an effort of a village community who wanted to protect the birds nesting in their village.[2]
These categories roughly correspond to
Tiruppadaimarathur conservation reserve near Thirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu, declared in 2005, is the first Conservation Reserve in the country.[3]
In 2012, Rajasthan government in India declared "Jawai Bandh forests" as a conservation reserve forest. Jawai Bandh forest is situated in Pali district and it is in close proximity of Kumbalgarh Sanctuary.keshopur chamb gurdaspur (Punjab) conservation reserve India's first community reserve.[4] Recently, Gogabeel, an ox-bow lake in Bihar’s Katihar district, has been declared as the state’s first ‘Community Reserve’. In 2020 the Indian government created the world's first sea cucumber reserve in Lakshadweep-Dr KK Mohammed Koya Sea Cucumber Conservation Reserve, the largest marine conservation reserve - Attakoya Thangal Marine Reserve and the first protected area for marine birds in India - PM Sayeed Marine Birds Conservation Reserve in Lakshadweep UT.[5]
Recently, Rankhar, a village situated in the Jalor district of Rajasthan, was declared a conservation reserve. It is the 16th conservation reserve of Rajasthan.[citation needed]
See also
- Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
- Protected areas of India
- Private protected areas of India
- Reserved forests and protected forests of India
- List of conservation reserves in India
References
- ^ Article[usurped] in The Hindu, December 8, 2002
- ^ Tamil Nadu Forest Dept. (2007) Wild Biodiversity, retrieved 9/11/2007 Tiruppadaimarathur Conservation Reserve Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tamil Nadu Forest Department". Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
- ^ Conservation Reserve in Rajasthan
- ^ Badri Chatterjee (29 February 2020). "World's first sea cucumber conservation area in Lakshadweep". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 23 July 2020.