Environmental biotechnology and engineering: crucial tools for improving and caring for the environment and the quality of life of modern societies

Hector M. Poggi-Varaldo (1) , Damien A. Devault (2, 3) , Hervé Macarie (4, 5) , Isabel Sastre-Conde (6)

1 CINVESTAV - Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional
2 Faculté de Pharmacie
3 AIHP-GEODE - Archéologie Industrielle, Histoire, Patrimoine - Géographie, Développement, Environnement de la Caraïbe [UR6_1]
4 IMBE - Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale
5 Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UMR237
6 SEMILLA-INAGEA

This is the editorial of the special issue of the journal "Environmental Science & Pollution Research" dedicated to the 4th edition of the International Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology and Engineering that was held in Mexico City in 2014. After recording the reasons behind the creation of this series of symposium and a brief history of the 3 previous editions, the editorial presents a list of the articles published in the special issue.

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement; Sciences de la Terre; Interfaces continentales, environnement

Hector M. Poggi-Varaldo, Damien A. Devault, Hervé Macarie, Isabel Sastre-Conde. Environmental biotechnology and engineering: crucial tools for improving and caring for the environment and the quality of life of modern societies. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017, 24 (33), pp.25483-25487. ⟨10.1007/s11356-017-0621-y⟩. ⟨hal-01681607⟩