About the Journal

Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research publishes original policy-oriented articles addressing a broad range of natural resource fields including water, minerals, energy, fisheries, and forestry in a synthesizing fashion, rather than as stand-alone specialty areas. It also publishes articles on the natural resource implications of climate change, natural disasters, and biodiversity loss, among others. Articles, ideally, will be based on conceptual and empirical studies and will be primarily policy-focused. The journal's goal is to foster productive dialog among the disparate sectors in the broad field of natural resources and among various social science perspectives leading to an improved understanding of institutional and economic dynamics and informed policy making.