FITORREMEDIAÇÃO: CONTRIBUIÇÃO CIENTÍFICA BRASILEIRA NO CONTEXTO NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL

Abstract

The preservation of living soils is crucial for the survival of humans, because it is a soil biodiversity, with its complexity, not only favors disease control, but also influences the quantity and quality of food we consume, what we breathe and what water we eat. We drink A long-term provisional brave requires the use of natural and sustainable principles. However, soil biodiversity is generally being indirectly affected by global man-made changes. Currently, after incorrect practices in its use, there are warning signs of contamination. It has long been a direct loss of biodiversity, functions, and other attributes of ecosystems resulting from an imbalance between a project's validity and the actual recovery rates for biodiversity and functionality. The hazardous nature of the waste can be mitigated by the application of conventional decontamination methods, such as incineration, composites and landfill. Thus, a viable and promising alternative for the treatment of contaminated soils is an application of biological techniques that have as main objective an estimate of the growth of the microorganisms using the contaminants as source of energy and food, creating a propitious environment for such. This is the case of Phytoremediation, a technique that uses plants and soil microbes in the associated to reduce as concentrations or toxic effects of contaminants in environments. By portraying a scenario like that of Brazil, which holds one of the greatest natural resources on the planet, we can not boast of a vigorous and real-time bioeconomy of innovations based on its biodiversity. In the last 15 years, many discussions have been raised, both on the academic and business side, converging to the same consensus: there is a delay in innovations from natural products and derivatives derived from our biodiversity.