Managing organizations for sustainable development in emerging countries: an introduction

Abstract

This introduction article is for the special issue ‘Managing organizations for sustainable development in emerging countries: natural resources, biodiversity, and climate change’ in the International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology and presents an introduction to the topics and summarizes accepted contributions in the special issue. The accepted works may contribute with organizational management in the search for more sustainable organizations. The works focus on the challenges of managing organizations in a context of degradation of natural resources, loss of biodiversity, and climate change. Accepted papers discuss these issues, based on the reality of emerging economies (e.g. Brazil, India, and China).

Keywords:

• natural resources
• biodiversity
• climate change
• emerging economies
• sustainable development

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank all the authors who have submitted papers for the special issue and the reviewers who have reviewed manuscripts in a timely manner. Special thanks to the Editor of IJSDWE, Professor Jingzhu Zhao, and to the journal managers/publishers for their constant support, right from the beginning until the editorial process was completed.