Insights in the Management of Natural Resources

We are now entering the third decade of the 21st Century and exceptional achievements and breakthroughs have been made in the the fast-growing field of Sustainable Resource Management, particularly regarding the sustainable utilization, management, and development of Earth's Natural Resources.

To reflect this, Frontiers has organized a series of Research Topics to highlight the latest advancements in research across the field of Sustainable Resource Management with articles from our Editorial Board members and thought leaders from across the field.

This editorial initiative, led by Prof. Santanu Ray, Specialty Chief Editor of the Natural Resources section, is focused on new insights, novel developments, current challenges, latest discoveries, recent advances, and future perspectives in the field of Natural Resource Management.

This Research Topic solicits brief, forward-looking contributions from Editorial Board members that describe recent developments and major accomplishments in Natural Resource Management as well as outline what is needed to move the field forward. Authors are encouraged to identify the greatest challenges in their sub-disciplines and how to address those challenges.

The goal of this Research Topic is to shed light on the progress made in the past decade in the field of Natural Resource Management and on its future challenges, thereby providing a thorough overview of the field. This article collection will inspire, inform, and provide direction and guidance to the current generation of researchers investigating in Natural Resource Management.

Keywords: Natural Resource Management, Natural Resource Sustainability, Natural Capital, Ecosystems, Ecological Modelling, Fisheries, Forestry, Soil, Minerals, Water, Biodiversity

Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.