Sustainable Biochemistry and Biotechnology – a Contribution to Rivers Management

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(2006), "Sustainable Biochemistry and Biotechnology – a Contribution to Rivers Management", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 7 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijshe.2006.24907dae.006

Sustainable Biochemistry and Biotechnology – a Contribution to Rivers Management

Sustainable Biochemistry and Biotechnology – a Contribution to Rivers Management

Walter Leal Filho, Bernd Delakowitz, Dieter GreifPeter Lang Scientific PublishersFrankfurtSeries “Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability”Vol 21ISBN 3-631-55053-7/US ISBN 0-8204-9874-2227 pp.(www.peterlang.de)

The sustainable use of river basins, with due consideration to the ecological, physical, chemical and biotechnological aspects related to it is one of the top environment priorities in Europe. There are to date many initiatives aimed at the promotion of the sustainable development of river areas around the Baltic and around Europe as a whole, a process greatly accelerated by the introduction of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), which obliges all EU countries to improve the standards in which they use their water and river resources. One of the needs seen in respect of river conservation is related to the need for information dissemination. In this context, this book, prepared in the context of the Interreg IIIB Project “Watersketch”, is a concrete attempt to promote a dialogue on the topic, linking aspects of sustainable biochemistry and biotechnology, with elements of sustainable river management. This book will serve the needs of water and river management specialists in two ways: it provides a grounded exploration of various scientific and technological approaches to river management and illustrates the epistemological breadth of the discipline, and also builds on specialized topical biotechnological and chemistry-related knowledge. The latter is especially useful to geographer and planners alike, who could perhaps adapt some of the techniques and components illustrated in the various chapters of this book to their own work.