Scope and Focus

Scope and Focus

If Paryavarana Journal aims to strengthen its identity as an environmental law journal with a distinctive focus on customary law, local wisdom, and indigenous communities, its subject areas can be defined more specifically to ensure clarity for authors, reviewers, and indexing institutions.

Recommended Subject Areas

1. Environmental Law

  • Environmental protection and management
  • Environmental law enforcement
  • Environmental licensing and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
  • Legal liability for environmental damage
  • Environmental law politics and policy

2. Customary Law and Indigenous Communities

  • Customary law in environmental management
  • Indigenous peoples' rights to territories and natural resources
  • Customary institutions and traditional governance systems
  • Recognition and protection of indigenous communities
  • Conflicts between state law and customary law

3. Local Wisdom and Environmental Conservation

  • Local wisdom in environmental protection
  • Traditional natural resource management practices
  • Indigenous and local knowledge systems
  • Traditions and cultural practices in environmental conservation
  • Revitalization of local wisdom for sustainability

4. Natural Resources Law

  • Forestry and forest resources
  • Mining law
  • Water resources law
  • Coastal and marine resources law
  • Land and agrarian law
  • Community-based natural resource management

5. Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Human Rights

  • The right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment
  • Customary land rights (hak ulayat)
  • Rights to customary lands and territories
  • Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC)
  • Protection of vulnerable groups
  • Environmental justice

6. Environmental Justice and Natural Resource Conflicts

  • Agrarian and environmental conflicts
  • Conflicts between indigenous communities and corporations
  • Natural resource management conflicts
  • Community access to justice
  • Customary-based dispute resolution
  • Ecological justice

7. Community-Based Environmental Governance

  • Community-based environmental governance
  • Community-based environmental management
  • Public participation in environmental decision-making
  • Village-level environmental management
  • Customary institutions in natural resource governance

8. Conservation, Biodiversity, and Ecosystems

  • Biodiversity protection
  • Indigenous and customary-based conservation
  • Protection of traditional ecosystems
  • Traditional knowledge and biodiversity
  • Protection of customary forests, coastal territories, and conservation areas

9. Sustainable Development and Local Wisdom

  • Sustainable development
  • Development based on indigenous communities
  • Sustainable economic practices
  • Green economy
  • Circular economy
  • Local wisdom in addressing climate change

10. International Environmental Law and Indigenous Peoples

  • Indigenous peoples in international law
  • International environmental conventions and instruments
  • Climate change and indigenous communities
  • Protection of traditional knowledge
  • Biodiversity and indigenous rights

Recommended Concise Version for the Journal Website

For the journal website, I recommend presenting the Subject Areas of Paryavarana Journal in the following concise format:

Subject Areas:

Environmental Law; Customary Law; Indigenous Peoples; Local Wisdom; Environmental Justice; Natural Resources Law; Agrarian Law; Environmental Governance; Environmental Dispute Resolution; Environmental Criminal Law; Environmental Human Rights; Biodiversity Conservation; Climate Change Law; Sustainable Development; Traditional Knowledge; Community-Based Environmental Management; and International Environmental Law.

Strengthening the Journal's Distinctive Identity

This approach positions customary law and local wisdom as the distinctive scholarly focus of Paryavarana Journal, while maintaining an inclusive scope that accommodates broader environmental law scholarship.

This framework allows the journal to welcome scholarly contributions addressing customary forests, customary land rights (hak ulayat), indigenous communities, traditional conservation practices, natural resource conflicts, customary coastal law, and traditional knowledge.

By integrating these themes into its subject areas, Paryavarana Journal can establish a clear and recognizable academic identity while encouraging interdisciplinary and socio-legal research on the relationship between environmental law, indigenous rights, customary institutions, and ecological sustainability.