Jharki Bisalpur is situated on reserved forest land in the Koderma district in Jharkhand, the mineral-rich state carved out of Bihar in 2000.
Geographically, the Puri town is abounded by the sea on the south, Bhargavi river in the north, Mangala River in the west, and Baligkhanda reserved forest in the east.
While research indicates that CBFM results in more sustainable management of reserved forest areas on village land, its impacts across broader village landscapes are unknown.
Multi-spectral satellite images of the study area also suggest that the area has good vegetation in terms of shrub's and agricultural lands in addition to reserve forests and dense forests.
Reserved forests are defined as forests in which all human disturbance is prohibited, whereas Guzara forests are intended to meet domestic requirements (forest products) of local people.
On 14 June 2014, a forest watcher saw a leopard stalking deer in Vandalur reserve forest at night, about 30 miles north of Chengalpattu town.
Kumar and Sharma (2015) estimated forest carbon (C) stock of Balganga Reserved Forest (BRF) in district Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India.
Two prominent synform structures are found on the western part of the study area, one of which is in the Periyasolai Reserved Forest and the other in the north eastern side of Sengattupatti Reserved Forests.
A small patch of ultrabasic rocks occurs in the western part of the study area within the Sengattupatti Reserved Forest.
The study area includes three locations, first, reserve forest of the Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun; second, Shivpuri near Byasi, Rishikesh; and third, Chiriapur range (Haridwar district).
