Note: Front Cover -- Sustainable Resource Management -- Sustainable Resource Management: Modern Approaches and Contexts -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Editors' biography -- Preface -- 1 - Evolution of the concept of sustainability. From Brundtland Report to sustainable development goals -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The concept of sustainable development -- 3. The definition of sustainable development -- 4. The trend of sustainable development -- 5. The evolution of sustainable development concept -- 6. Indicator development -- 7. Environmental sustainability -- 7.1 Social sustainability -- 7.2 Economic sustainable development -- 7.3 Context of sustainable development goals -- 7.4 Key Millennium Development Goal achievements -- 8. Sustainable development goals -- 8.1 Goal 1. End poverty everywhere in all of its forms -- 8.2 Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture -- 8.3 Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote welfare for all people -- 8.4 Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all -- 8.5 Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls -- 8.6 Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all -- 8.7 Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all -- 8.8 Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all -- 8.9 Goal 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation -- 8.10 Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries -- 8.11 Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable -- 8.12 Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. , 8.13 Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts -- 8.14 Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development -- 8.15 Goal 15. Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desert ... -- 8.16 Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all, and build ... -- 8.17 Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development -- 8.17.1 Finance -- 8.17.2 Technology -- 8.17.3 Capacity-building -- 8.17.4 Trade -- 8.17.5 Systemic issues -- 8.18 Sustainable development goals and targets 2030 -- 9. Conclusions -- References -- Further reading -- 2 - Areas of sustainability: environment, economy, and society -- 1. Areas of sustainability: environment, economy, and society -- 1.1 Pillars of social responsibility-social, economic, and environmental -- 1.1.1 Social pillar -- 1.1.2 Economic pillar -- 1.1.3 Environmental pillar -- 1.1.4 Corporate philanthropy -- 1.2 Interconnections between economic growth, energy consumption, social welfare, and sustainable quality of life -- 1.3 Limitations of stable economic growth -- 1.3.1 Growth and the rules of arithmetic -- 1.3.2 Stable growth in a confined space -- 1.3.3 Economic growth, increase in population, and energy resources consumption increase -- 1.3.4 Natural and environmental limitations of economic growth -- 1.3.4.1 European criteria for sustainable forest management -- 1.3.5 Change of climate conditions-global warming -- 2. Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- 3 - Evolution and trends of sustainable approaches -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Emergence of sustainable development. , 3. Approaches to sustainability assessment: sustainability indicators and assessment based on life cycles -- 3.1 Sustainability assessment and indicators -- 3.2 Sustainability assessment approach based on life cycles (LCSA) -- 3.2.1 Life cycle assessment -- 3.2.2 Social life cycle assessment -- 3.2.3 Life cycle costing -- 4. Approaches to sustainable solutions -- 4.1 Products, services, and technology -- 4.2 Sustainable business models -- 4.2.1 Product-service system -- 4.2.2 Circular economy -- 4.2.3 Industrial symbiosis -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- 4 - Modern age of sustainability: supply chain resource management -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sustainable supply chain management -- 3. Practices for a greener and more sustainable supply chain -- 3.1 Design for sustainability -- 3.2 Eco-efficiency -- 3.3 Eco-design -- 3.4 Green purchasing -- 3.5 Reverse logistics -- 4. Sustainability evaluation methods -- 4.1 Full LCA -- 4.2 Direct life cycle assessment -- 4.3 Streamlined life cycle assessment -- 4.4 Environmental labeling -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Other references of interest -- 5 - Sustainable management of agricultural resources (agricultural crops and animals) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sustainable management of agrobiodiversity -- 2.1 Biodiversity -- 2.2 Agrobiodiversity -- 2.2.1 Genetic agrobiodiversity -- 2.2.2 Specific agrobiodiversity -- 2.2.3 Ecosystem agrobiodiversity -- 2.2.4 Landscape agrobiogeodiversity -- 2.2.5 Loss of agrobiodiversity -- 2.2.6 Conservation of agrobiodiversity -- 3. Sustainable management of agricultural species -- 3.1 Agricultural plants (Crops) -- 3.2 Agricultural animals -- 3.2.1 Livestock biodiversity -- 4. Sustainable management of agroecosystems -- 4.1 Agroecology -- 4.2 Agroecosystems services -- 4.2.1 Agricultural crop services -- 4.2.2 Agricultural animals services -- 4.3 Agroecosystem health. , 4.4 Agroecosystems conservation -- 5. Sustainable management of agricultural landscapes -- 5.1 Agricultural landscape ecology -- 5.2 Sustainable management of agricultural landscapes -- 5.2.1 Agrolandscape services -- 5.2.2 Sustainable landscape management -- 6. Sustainable agriculture -- 6.1 Sustainable management of agricultural resources (sustainable management of crop and animal production) -- 6.1.1 Alternative agriculture -- 6.1.2 Intensive agriculture -- 6.1.3 Biodynamic agriculture -- 6.1.4 Ecological agriculture -- 6.1.5 Conservation agriculture -- 6.1.6 Organic agriculture -- 6.1.7 Permanent agriculture (permaculture) -- 6.1.8 Regenerative agriculture -- 6.1.9 Climate-smart agriculture -- 7. Sustainable rural development -- 7.1 Sustainable rural systems -- 7.1.1 Guidelines for sustainable rural systems -- 7.1.2 Sustainable crop production -- 7.1.2.1 Assessment and implementation of sustainable crop production -- 7.1.2.2 Sustainable crop production intensification -- 7.1.2.3 Sustainable crop production techniques -- 7.1.2.4 Sustainable management of crop nutrients -- 7.1.3 Sustainable animal production -- 7.1.3.1 Global agenda for sustainable livestock -- 7.1.3.2 Integrated crop-livestock production -- 7.2 Sustainable intensification of rural systems -- 7.2.1 Sustainable intensification of crop and animal production -- 7.2.1.1 Farming practices for sustainable intensification -- 8. Conclusions -- 8.1 The State of Food and Agriculture -- 8.2 The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World -- 8.3 Industrialized agriculture -- 8.4 Holistic agriculture -- 8.5 Agrobiodiversity -- 8.6 Agroecosystems and Agrolandscapes -- 8.7 Sustainable agriculture -- 8.8 Sustainable rural systems -- 8.9 Landscape approaches for climate-smart agriculture -- 9. Metascientific approach to sustainable management of agricultural resources. , 10. Covid-19 pandemic impacts on agriculture, food security and nutrition -- 10.1 COVID-19 pandemic -- 10.2 COVID-19 pandemic impact on food and agriculture -- 10.3 COVID-19 pandemic development and solutions -- The FAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Internet links -- 6 - Sustainable water resources -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Water resource management system -- 3. Water resource management: an integrated approach -- 3.1 Historical background -- 3.2 Review of water resource management frameworks -- 3.3 Key issues for sustainable water management -- 4. Interventions of modern computation techniques for sustainable water management -- 4.1 Decision-making model approach -- 4.2 Agent-Based Modeling -- 4.3 Machine learning approach -- 5. Concluding remarks -- References -- Further reading -- 7 - Minerals and metal Industry in the global scenario and environmental sustainability -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The vision of this study -- 3. The vast scientific doctrine of environmental sustainability -- 4. Sustainable resource management, integrated water resource management, and the vast vision for the future -- 5. Today's mineral and metal industry and the needs of environmental sustainability -- 6. Recent scientific advancements in the field of environmental sustainability -- 7. Recent scientific prowess and research endeavor in the field of environmental sustainability, wastewater treatment, and min ... -- 8. Industrial wastewater treatment and mineral and metal industry -- 9. Heavy metal and arsenic groundwater remediation and the future of mineral and metal industry -- 10. Future scientific recommendations and the future flow of scientific thoughts -- 11. Conclusion, summary, and scientific perspectives -- References -- 8 - Sustainable land use and management -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Land uses and changes. , 3. Impacts of land use changes.