Environmental biotechnology is when biotechnology is applied to and used to study the natural environment. Environmental biotechnology could also imply that one try to harness biological process for commercial uses and exploitation. The International Society for Environmental Biotechnology defines environmental biotechnology as "the development, use and regulation of biological systems for remediation of contaminated environments (lan d, air, water), and for environment-friendly processes (green manufacturing technologies and sustainable development)". Environmental biotechnology can simply be described as "the optimal use of nature, in the form of plants, animals, bacteria, fungi and algae, to produce renewable energy, food and nutrients in a synergistic integrated cycle of profit making processes where the waste of each process becomes the feedstock for another process". In 2011, IES will be conducting Teacher’s Training Workshop on Bio-information.
Registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI, 1860, the Indian Environmental Society (IES) is a dynamic and flexible organization with a global vision and local focus. It was set up in 1972 to increase the consciousness and knowledge ... Read More