Dear Colleagues, Friends, and potential Authors

In recent years, more than ever, both environmental science and engineering, and sustainable development, by definition and content, have undergone an unprecedented evolution. This continuous updating must be seen in terms of relevant but extremely diverse factors, such as: climate change, economic needs, the "one health" concept, "green" usage in many fields (construction, agriculture, business, development management, industry, etc.). Regarding the environment, it must certainly be mentioned that nature (and implicitly everything that is correlated with environmental sciences) is increasingly in need of implementing real policies, as well as effective and drastic measures/strategies to stop its decline and destruction. Moreover, the active contribution to the restoration of ecosystems damaged by uncontrolled, reckless, and totally disrespectful human activities towards the significance of the environment for humanity and life in general is required.

It is obvious that the understanding of these measures must have the implicit support of a sustainable, well-planned, and coordinated development, which will ensure the realization and application of environmentally friendly technologies, of an informed and decent human behavior towards the environment.

In the context of the above, we considered that a Special Issue focused on "environmental sciences and sustainable development" has its well-deserved place, trying to gather data and studies on the directions mentioned, and that make reference to the following terminology and fields:

- Ecology, ecosystems, pollution, environmental recovery, environmental health, “one health,” zero waste, etc;

- Sustainable development in all areas that allow and require it (industry, agriculture, local development management/construction and business management, etc.), policies, strategies, and legislation in the field, etc.

- Development of the clean, cleaning/depollution technologies and techniques dedicated to environmental remediation.

- Other topics in the field that potential authors will consider appropriate to the so comprehensive and generous theme of this Special Issue.

We hope by the deadline to provide a significant number of works in the field, which will significantly contribute to the increase of environmental quality control and management.

Prof. Dr. Constantin Bungău
Prof. Dr. Gheorghe Nechifor
Prof. Dr. Lucian Copolovici
Guest Editors

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• environmental sciences
• sustainable development
• ecology
• sustainable strategies
• one health
• zero waste
• environmental quality control
• environmental engineering
• decontaminations techniques
• depollution technologies