Special Issues

Open for Submissions

Ecosystem’s Contribution to Carbon Neutrality

This issue aims to explore how conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of the global ecosystems will provide great potential for the mitigation of climate change.

Submission Deadline: August 31, 2023

Published Special Issues

Food Waste and Ecosystem Sustainability

The purpose of this thematic issue is to bring together high-quality and original research on the systematic assessment of impacts of food waste on health and sustainability of global and regional ecosystems.

Red List of Threatened Species and Ecosystems

This special issue contributes to current discourses to help overcome current research gaps in both of global and regional assessments of Red List of Threatened Species and Ecosystems.

Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security on The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

This special issue addresses the options and trade-offs for biodiversity conservation and ecological security improvement of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Ecosystem Health, Ecological Risk and Ecological Security

This special issue summarizes the current status of research on ecological health, risk, and security to support ecological restoration and regulations, and create a solid foundation for exchanges among scholars.

Coastal Ecosystems and Global Change

This special issue focuses on impacts of global change on coastal ecosystems, how species adapt stressful conditions, needs for long term observation and monitoring, and options for sustainable development and management.

Coastal Blue Carbon in the Anthropocene

This special issue focuses on carbon cycling and budget in coastal wetlands, addresses the impacts of climatic and human factors on carbon assimilating capacity, and looks for novel methodology in research.

The Nexus among Air Pollution, Climate Change and Ecosystem Health

This thematic issue concentrates excellent research and review papers on air pollution effects on ecosystems as well as ecosystem health under climate change, and especially on how air pollution and climate change interactions affect ecosystems.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission mitigation and Ecosystem Adaptation in Silk Road Economic Belt

The objective of this special issue is to develop a comprehensive knowledge on climate and environmental changes in the Silk Road Economic Belt (including countries alongside the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road) by bringing together state-of-art research and views on climate change patterns, trends, risk, impacts, adaptation and greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions.

Industrial Ecology to Enhance Ecosystem Health towards Sustainability

Since humans are now playing a dominant role in transforming and moving materials/energy in epigeosphere, industrial ecology is becoming more and more widely known and can help to understand as well as optimize the impacts of human interventions on ecosystem health and global sustainability.

Experimental Ecosystem Accounting

The purpose of this thematic issue is to bring together high-quality and original contributions/research articles on the the methodological as well as policy aspects of SEEA-EEA (System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounts – Experimental Ecosystem Accounting) development, testing, application and implementation.

Water Sustainability and Ecosystem Health

The special issue on Water Sustainability and Watershed Ecosystem Health contains four articles from diverse geographic regions of Asia, Europe, and North America. The articles address the impacts of climate change, urbanization and water works, human settlement and expansion, and phosphorous (P) consumption and scarcity on watershed processes and ecosystem health at multiple spatial and temporal scales, respectively.

An Ecology in, of, and for the City

This special feature presents as “food for thought” to stimulate discussion and debates on ecology and sustainability issues within cities.

Wetlands and Global Climate and Land‐Use Change

This special feature presents responses of various vegetation types to climate and land-use change including mangroves, freshwater forests and more.

Ecosystem Management in Transition in Central and Eastern Europe

This thematic issue brings together high-quality and original contributions on the biodiversity and ecosystem management approaches in Central and Eastern European countries.

Special Issue Process

Please see the journal's peer review process page for more information on how special issue submissions are handled.