Environmental and resource systems: Editors' introduction

This paper provides an introduction to the special issue on environmental and resource systems. The quantity and quality of previous system dynamics publications related to environmental and resource systems are briefly outlined. The background to the special issue is provided, together with a summary and comparison of the five papers and models in the issue. The papers relate to forestry in Indonesia, irrigated lands in Spain, renewable resource management in Norway, wildlife management in USA and blue‐green algae bloom in the coastal waters of Australia.