General Studies

A competitive environmental stategy

Guideline that presents the basic characteristics of the agricultural systems of the countries of The Mediterranean Action Plan and the main associated environmental problems to the fertilizer use in agriculture.

The guide identifies the main pollution prevention opportunities and shows an extensive set of proposals of Good environmental practices applicable to the Region.

Guideline that presents a methodology to facilitate to the industries of the countries of The Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), the application of best available techniques (BAT), best environmental practices (BEP) and  cleaner technologies (CT).

It also presents several practical success stories and examples to make it more comprehensible.

This Guideline of regional scope facilitates to the different countries the implantation of the Strategic Action Programme from national level, contributing to the sustainable development and mitigating pollution of land based source in the Mediterranean Region.

The study introduces biotechnology, its principles, evolution and the main biotechnology areas. It also presents some of the industrial applications of this discipline, as a tool for environmental management and pollution prevention.

Furthermore, it also highlights the existing biotech resources in the Mediterranean Region, and other areas, and presents various practical cases of the application of biotechnology to reduce pollution in different industrial sectors.