(1) The State Government may, where the community or an individual has volunteered to conserve wild life and its habitat, declare any private or community land not comprised within a National Park, sanctuary or a conservation reserve, as a community reserve, for protecting fauna, flora and traditional or cultural conservation values and practices.

(2) The provisions of sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) of section 18 shall, as far as may be, apply in relation to a community reserve as they apply in relation to a sanctuary.

(1) The State Government may, where the community or an individual has volunteered to conserve wild life and its habitat, declare any private or community land not comprised within a National Park, sanctuary or a conservation reserve, as a community reserve, for protecting fauna, flora and traditional or cultural conservation values and practices.

(2) The provisions of sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) of section 18 shall, as far as may be, apply in relation to a community reserve as they apply in relation to a sanctuary.