Environmental Biotechnology.

Environmental Biotechnology (Ebt) Is A New Emerging Discipline Which Integrates Live Materials, Mainly Plants, Some Very Small Animals Like The Earthworms, And The Microorganisms To Address The Problems Of Environmental Management And Sustainable Development. The Technology Originated In Germany In The 1930S, But Gained Importance In The 1980S When Researches In Biotechnology Discovered The Environmental Virtues Of Some Specially Adapted Plants And The Microbes (And Now The Earthworms About Which Sir Charles Darwin Had Predicted Long Ago). Ebt Has Given Birth To An Allied Discipline Bioengineering . It Is The Green Or Soft & Cheaper Alternative To The Hard And Costly Civil Engineering Works For Environmental Restoration & Reconstruction. The Book Discusses About The Roles Of Some Adapted Plants, Beneficial Microbes And The Earthworms In Environmental Management-E.G. Combating & Radiological Pollution Of Air, Water And Soil, Land Remediation & Stabilization, Soil Fertility Improvement, Solid Waste Management And Wastewater Treatment For Reuse. It Also Discusses How Some Useful Plants And Microorganisms Have Been Developed & Used As Renewable Biological Resources By Environmental Biotechnology As A Safe And Sustainable Alternative To The Non-Renewable Geochemical Resources.