The Balpakram and Nokrek Protected Areas are the two ecological crown jewels of the Garo Hills. The two are connected tenuously by forested lands along the spine of the Garo Hills much of which is akhin owned, private community forests and jhummed land. This Conservation Reference Series report documents the declaration of two village reserves – the Selbelgre Village Reserve Forest to protect gibbons and the Siju-Aretika Village Reserve Forest and Rewak Kosigre Village Reserve to secure a critical elephant corridor.