Special Issue "A Green Economy as a Way for Sustainable Development"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 November 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Jan Parobek
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Department of Marketing, Trade and the World Foresty, Technical University in Zvolen, 96001 Zvolen, Slovakia
Interests: bioeconomy; green economy; wood flow modelling; forest products trade; the field of packaging innovations; certification in forestry; forest service analysis; forest industry competitiveness; product substitution on the wood market and wood products
Dr. Andreja Pirc Barčić
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Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: marketing and trade in wood industry; business innovation; circular economy; costs and calculations
Dr. Hubert Paluš
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Department of Marketing, Trade and the World Foresty, Technical University in Zvolen, 96001 Zvolen, Slovakia
Interests: examination and modeling of forest products market and trade; the role of forest certification for ensuring sustainable forest management; competitiveness of forest-based sectors; innovations in forestry and wood processing industry; bioeconomy and green marketing
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Prof. Branko Glavonjic
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Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade, 11030 Beograd, Serbia
Interests: market research and forecasting of market trends in the forest sector; techno-economic analyzing of production processes in wood-based industries; woody biomass; wood energy and forest products

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Growing demand puts enormous pressure on natural resources. The world focuses on environmental sustainability and the competitiveness of different sectors in an effort to increase the consumption of natural renewable resource. The development towards a green economy is generally understood by academics and policy makers as one of the elementary approaches to decrease dependency on nonrenewable resources. Because the green economy covers a lot of different concepts its links with sustainability can be discussed on many different levels. The Sustainable Development Goals encourage us to consider the implementation of green economy policies in the context of sustainable development, in a manner that endeavours to drive sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth and job creation. Simultaneously, its concepts can be discussed with respect to their influence on sustainability development in the particular conditions. This Special Issue of Sustainability involves topics focused on innovative approaches of the green growth and the bioeconomy and circular economy in different sectors on the national and international levels. Studies should focus on specific approaches aimed at promoting sustainable development, the introduction of eco-innovation and recycling from different perspectives. The aim of the Special Issue is to bring about academic, experiential and conceptual improvements in the scientific knowledge focused on fostering economic growth, while guaranteeing that natural resources endure to provide the resources and environmental services on which our well-being relies.

Dr. Jan Parobek
Dr. Andreja Pirc Barčić
Dr. Hubert Paluš
Prof. Branko Glavonjic
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • green growth
  • green economy
  • bioeconomy
  • sustainable development
  • innovation

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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