Research skills of Montpellier and the Languedoc-Roussillon region in the field of green technologies

A growing awareness of the need to preserve the environment has increasingly led to the desire to develop intervention techniques and methods aimed at reducing pollution or, more generally, environmental impact, thus generating new areas of activity.

The scientific community gathered by Agropolis International has taken up the research issues raised by the development of these new approaches and new investigation fields. The purpose of this Dossier is to outline the areas of expertise it has been able to develop, both in the field of agricultural techniques as such and in water and waste recycling and recovery (beyond the pollution mitigation aspects), product enhancement in the form of new bio-based materials, and new forms of bioenergy. This research is not solely confined to the development of new technologies but has a broader scope, taking in as well product and process evaluation and eco-design, industrial or territorial ecology, and environmental monitoring. This Dossier also presents the joint efforts of the research and business communities, in particular through competitiveness clusters, to promote the development and dissemination of innovations to spur economic development.

The topics presented in this issue are of particular concern to the nine research units or teams that have made environmental technologies an essential part of their work, comprising some 150 senior scientists and 100 doctoral students.

Scientific coordinator : Véronique Bellon-Maurel, Irstea

Table of contents

Foreword : Green technologies for sustainable development

Topics covered by the research teams and innovation partners

Green technologies for agriculture

Bio-based products and materials

Water and waste recyclilng and recovery

Bioenergy

Assessment methods: Life cycle analysis, eco-design, industrial and territorial ecology

Environmental monitoring

Innovation stakeholders mobilize around green technologies

Agropolis Internatinoal training and education in the area of green technologies

List of acronyms and abbreviations

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Green Technologies Thematic File -Dossiers d'Agropolis International-

 

These thematic directories provide a global and easy to consult presentation of the laboratories, teams and research units of all the Agropolis intitutes involved in the given issue. They also provide information on the wide range of training sessions available.

One of the objectives of the series is to facilitate contacts for the development of exchanges and technical and scientific cooperations by a wider promotion of the community skills.