The pressures of hunting and logging are gradually mounting in most of the forest areas resulting in forest degradation and decline in wildlife. In this backdrop, community conserved areas become attractive targets for certain segments of the village community and people from neighboring villages involved in illegal hunting of wildlife and exploitation of natural resources. There are also poaching reports of musk deer for glands (or musk pods) and the Himalayan black bear for gall bladder, paws and skins. Though management committees of the respective community conserved area frame the rules and regulations preventing hunting, illegal logging and over extraction of medicinal plants or associate non-timber forest products, continuous monitoring is needed to ensure that these are implemented. Keeping this issue in mind, the management committee identifies at least ten youths who are responsible to patrol their conserved area following human/ animal trails, monitor illegal movement of any suspect, dismantle traps and collect periodic data on biodiversity. This component helps monitoring forest and wildlife as well as record biodiversity information on the conserved area supporting future management planning.