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11: Status of biodiversity research in Belgium: sectoral integration
Dr Jurgen TACK, Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Institute of Nature Conservation, Kliniekstraat, 25, 1070 Brussel, jurgen.tack@instnat.be
Dr Ir Etienne BRANQUART, Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Research Centre on Nature, Forest and Wood, Avenue Maréchal Juin, 23, 5030 Gembloux, e.branquart@mrw.wallonie.be
Dr Ir Etienne BRANQUART, Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Research Centre on Nature, Forest and Wood, Avenue Maréchal Juin, 23, 5030 Gembloux, e.branquart@mrw.wallonie.be
| Release date | 24/08/2009 |
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Biodiversity offers an enormous range of daily life products: clothes, food, shelter, heating,..., all of them the result of human technology and research. Biodiversity also offers three fundamental sources of inspiration to the modern scientist: chemicals, genes, and designs. Fields of applications include drug development, agrochemistry, and cosmetics (chemicals), development of recombinant pharmaceutical proteins, enzymes, and agricultural biotechnology (genes), and architecture, mechanical engineering, and sensor technology (designs). In the 'Status of Biodiversity Research in Belgium: sectoral integration', the authors give an overview of biodiversity-related research in different sectors: agriculture, pharmacy, biotechnology, aquaculture, fisheries, forestry, tourism, ...