**7. Limitations of community conservation**

Communities that are actively involved in the conservation of an area that provides livelihood to them are under continuous threat from internal as well as external factors thereby restricting them to get social, administrative and legal recognition. Community conservation has certain, unavoidable limitations that require urgent thought process for better understanding and resolution. Community conservation may not necessarily address the issue of overall biodiversity conservation as species that are useless or undesirable to the community may not be given attention [10]. Both ecological as well as social conditions hinder the conservation programmes. The limitations should not be demoralizing but emphasize areas where the community and other partners (NGO) have little control and need to build partnerships. It highlights the need for government partnerships. Some of the important limitations are discussed as under:


#### *Community Conservation DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.94557*

The success of community conservation mainly depends upon the empowerment of the whole community. Vulnerable communities which are affected by ecological changes should be involved actively in conservation practices. Conservation reforms lead to other reforms in that area such as empowerment, gender equity, education, cooperation etc. Thus, community-centred conservation is not an isolated entity.
