Climate Justice, democratic forest governance and the rights of Adivasis in India

博士研究将调查在气候正义中嵌入Adivasi认识论的可能性。Adivasis是居住在森林附近的印度土著社区。他们被列为印度宪法中的在册部落。政治经济学和本土复兴理论将用于开发气候正义的跨学科分析框架。只有在沿着民主森林治理的情况下，才能在Adivasi环境中实现气候正义。因此，这项研究将开发一个分析框架，将气候正义理解为“民主森林治理”。“在研究期间，将审查印度气候法律和政策是否复制了现有的剥削和剥夺Adivasis土地和森林的结构。这项研究有可能支持授予Adivasis宪法权利，以分散森林治理，并促进印度的可持续发展，印度拥有世界生物多样性的7- 8%。

The PhD research will investigate the possibility of embedding Adivasi epistemologies in climate justice. Adivasis are the indigenous communities of India that live in close proximity to forests. They are classified as Scheduled Tribes in the Constitution of India. Political economy and indigenous resurgence theories will be used to develop an interdisciplinary analytical framework on climate justice. Climate justice can be attained in the Adivasi context only when it is understood along with democratic forest governance. So, the research will develop an analytical framework that understands climate justice as "democratic forest governance." During the research, it will be examined whether the existing structures of exploitation and dispossession of Adivasis from their land and forests are reproduced by climate laws and policies in India. The research has the potential to support the granting of Adivasis constitutional rights to decentralised forest governance and to promote sustainability in India, which is home to 7-8 percent of the world's biodiversity.