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Fitotecnologias: situação atual e perspectivas futura

Translated title of the contribution: Phytotechnologies: current status and future challenges
  • Cassiano Augusto Rolim Bernardino
  • , Claudio Fernando Mahler
  • , Eduardo Ferreira da Silva
  • , Luís António Balreira Novo

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Abstract

The degradation of the environment, increased urbanization, global energy demand growth, and climate change, constitute some of the main problems humans are facing today. Furthermore, anthropogenic activities have contributed to the contamination of natural resources due to the generation, emission and deposition of organic and inorganic pollutants. In this sense, a set of technologies based on the use of plants (phytotechnologies), have conquered great visibility because they offer ecological and sustainable solutions to mitigate these problems. This review summarizes the current status of the main types of phytotechnologies, from which phytoremediation, phytomining, biomass for energy generation, and green roofs, stand out. In addition, this work also presents some of the future challenges of phytotechnologies, such as their optimization through advanced gene editing techniques or their combination with nanotechnologies.
Translated title of the contributionPhytotechnologies: current status and future challenges
Original languagePortuguese
Pages (from-to)63-68
Number of pages6
JournalActa Brasiliensis
Volume2
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  2. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  3. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  4. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  5. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

  • Phytoremediation
  • Phytomining
  • Biomass
  • Green roofs
  • Climate change

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