Piedad Carrillo, Marcela, Cristina Cardona, Juliana Erika, Fernanda Peña, Luisa, Oriana Díaz, Raque, Eduardo Mosquera, Luis, and Soledad Hernández, María
Subjects
*ENGINEERING & the environment, *BIODIVERSITY, *SUSTAINABILITY, *BIOACTIVE compounds, *ENVIRONMENTAL engineering
Abstract
Colombian amazon has a wide biologic diversity, with silvester and cultured species which use potential and abundance identified them as an important bioactive compounds source. That represents a wide opportunity to innovate and develop processes and technologies in different engineering fields (chemical, mechanical and food engineering). This paper presents experiences when the problem of sustainable use of biodiversity is tackled from engineering in the Colombian amazonic region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]