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Sustainability on Natural Resource Economics

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2021) | Viewed by 6787

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Lluís Miret-Pastor

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Economics Department, IGIC, Universitat Politècnica de València, E. Politécnica Superior de Gandia, C/Paranimf, 1, 46730 Grau de Gandia, Spain
Interests: natural resource economics; fisheries; aquaculture; fisheries diversification; tourism
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Managing natural resources in a responsible and rational way is one of the keys to sustainability and one of the greatest challenges that humanity faces. Natural resources provide essential inputs for human society such as food, energy, and water. However, a large part of these natural resources is threatened by their intensive and irrational use. The aim of this Special Issue is to gain a better understanding of the role of natural resources in the economy, analyze the impact that their current management will have on its future availability, and propose more sustainable methods to manage natural resources. In short, this Special Issue will focus on analyzing the interactions between economic and natural systems, with the aim of helping to develop a more sustainable and efficient economy.

This Special Issue intends to analyze the economic use of natural resources, both renewable and non-renewable, as well as its consequences on sustainability. At the same time, it aims to put together the newest studies in both theoretical and practical fields of natural resource economics.

We invite papers on, but not limited to, the following topics:

  • Welfare theory
  • Pollution control
  • Water and/or energy policy
  • Sustainable food supply chains
  • Fisheries policy
  • Environmental management and/or policy
  • Resource extraction
  • Non-market valuation
  • Environmental impacts
  • Climate change impacts in natural resource economics

Dr. Lluís Miret-Pastor
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • natural resource economics
  • natural resource management
  • sustainability
  • renewable resources
  • non-renewable resources
  • welfare
  • sustainable development
  • environmental impacts
  • food supply
  • fisheries policy
  • forest policy
  • climate change

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Estimating the Willingness to Pay for Eco-Labeled Products of Formosan Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla pentadactyla) Conservation
by Wei-Chun Tseng, Ya-Chu Yang, Yun-Ju Chen and Yung-Chih Chen
Sustainability 2021, 13(17), 9779; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13179779 - 31 Aug 2021
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Pangolins are currently the most smuggled mammals in the world. Meanwhile, Taiwan has demonstrated the world’s first case of the use of artificial feeding to raise pangolins to adulthood. The government has also begun to cooperate with farmers in pangolin-spotted areas. Agricultural products [...] Read more.
Pangolins are currently the most smuggled mammals in the world. Meanwhile, Taiwan has demonstrated the world’s first case of the use of artificial feeding to raise pangolins to adulthood. The government has also begun to cooperate with farmers in pangolin-spotted areas. Agricultural products can earn the green label once they have passed the evaluation. The challenge is that very few farms have obtained the pangolin-friendly label so far. Our hypothesis is that farmers lack the knowledge that consumers would pay additional money for products that are labeled pangolin-friendly compared to regular ones. Thus, farmers have an insufficient incentive to apply for this label. This research aims to fill this gap by providing people with the necessary knowledge. Contingent valuation with the single-bounded dichotomous choice format was used, which involved investigating 417 valid observations. We found the following: (1) customers are willing to pay about 8.06 USD for pangolin-friendly rice (an increase of 397% in relation to the mean price of rice); (2) customers are willing to pay for about 11.46 USD for pangolin-friendly tea (an increase of 179% in relation to the mean price of tea); and (3) customers are willing to pay about 25.81 USD for pangolin-friendly coffee (an increase of 509% in relation to the mean price of coffee). Our findings give farmers more incentive to conduct eco-friendly production. Consequently, the quality of agricultural products as well as the habitats of endangered pangolins improve. Thus, consumers’ health, the environment, and the future of pangolin conservation can benefit in this attempt to achieve sustainability. Full article
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A New Methodology to Assess Territorial Competence for Sustainable Local Development: The READI® (Resources-Actors-Dynamics) Matrix
by Ricard Calvo-Palomares, Juli Antoni Aguado-Hernández, Enric Sigalat-Signes and Bernat Roig-Merino
Sustainability 2021, 13(11), 6022; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13116022 - 27 May 2021
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The ability of a territory to manage certain sustainable development processes increasingly depends on its capacity to apply previous diagnostic processes to its current situation. For this reason, methodologies that facilitate the detection of needs and/or potentialities of the territory are key to [...] Read more.
The ability of a territory to manage certain sustainable development processes increasingly depends on its capacity to apply previous diagnostic processes to its current situation. For this reason, methodologies that facilitate the detection of needs and/or potentialities of the territory are key to meeting its anticipated sustainable development goals. We present the most notable results of the research methodology carried out in the province of Valencia (Spain) that has enabled the construction of a matrix of indicators that allow these previous diagnostic processes to be put into practice at a local level, based on the participation of the territory’s socioeconomic actors. Full article
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R&D Intensity and Its Curvilinear Relationship with Firm Profitability: Perspective from the Alternative Energy Sector
by Natasha Hazarika
Sustainability 2021, 13(9), 5060; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13095060 - 30 Apr 2021
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There is an inconclusive debate concerning the relationship between environmental research and development (R&D) and corporate financial performance (CFP). The debate becomes more complex because a win–win situation between environmental and financial goals is not as plausible in practice as it is in [...] Read more.
There is an inconclusive debate concerning the relationship between environmental research and development (R&D) and corporate financial performance (CFP). The debate becomes more complex because a win–win situation between environmental and financial goals is not as plausible in practice as it is in theory. Though arguments have been made that when time-lag is considered, the relationship can produce positive outcomes for both entities, ambiguities persist because linear models dominate this analysis. This study, therefore, empirically tested the existence of a curvilinear relationship between R&D intensity and CFP in the context of the alternative energy sector. Using a panel dataset of 24 companies and 232 unbalanced firm-year observations for 10 years, it was found that after passing the inflection points, investment in R&D reaps financial benefits that will eventually offset the cost of the initial investment. The curvilinear relationship of R&D intensity on return on sales and net profit margin is strongly supported. Full article
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