Codru Reserve (; plural: Codrii) is a scientific reserve in StrÃÂÃ Âeni District, Moldova. Established in 1971, it encompasses 5,177 hectares of protected forest ecosystem of the Codri area. The reserve is situated in the central part of Moldova and includes the CondriÃÂa forest reserve area, which is partly bounded by CondriÃÂa village to the north and Ulmu village of Ialoveni District to the south.
The reserve has gained archaeological significance in recent years. In July 2021, archaeologists discovered the CondriÃÂa hoard within the reserve's boundaries, approximately 1 kilometre west of CondriÃÂa village and 0.7âÂÂ0.8 kilometers north of the ChiÃÂinÃÂu-LeuÃÂeni highway. This hoard, dating to the Cucuteni A â Tripolye BI period (second half of the 5th millennium BC), ranks as the second-largest assemblage of metal items from this period found in Moldova, after the CÃÂrbuna village hoard discovered in 1961. The CondriÃÂa hoard contained numerous copper objects, including bracelets, a hammer axe, as well as flint arrowheads and gold items, all originally contained in a pottery vessel. The discovery suggests that the forest area of the Codru Reserve has been significant to human activity for millennia, though no settlement evidence was found in the immediate vicinity of the hoard, indicating it was deliberately hidden in this forested region.
The Codru Reserve is the single known Moldovan location for the gastropod species Bulgarica cana.