Green microbes: Potential solutions for key sustainable development goals
he latest assessment of progress towards theSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has identi-fied major obstacles, such as climate change, globalinstability and pandemics, which threaten effortsto achieve the SDGs even by 2050. Urgent actionis needed, particularly to reduce poverty, hungerand climate...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/167715 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/167715 https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.14546 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Sumario: | he latest assessment of progress towards theSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has identi-fied major obstacles, such as climate change, globalinstability and pandemics, which threaten effortsto achieve the SDGs even by 2050. Urgent actionis needed, particularly to reduce poverty, hungerand climate change. In this context, microalgae areemerging as a promising solution, particularly in thecontext of food security and environmental sustain-ability. As versatile organisms, microalgae offer nu-tritional benefits such as high- quality proteins andessential fatty acids, and can be cultivated in non-arable areas, reducing competition for resources andimproving the sustainability of food systems. The roleof microalgae also includes other applications in aq-uaculture, where they serve as sustainable alterna-tives to animal feed, and in agriculture, where theyact as biofertilizers and biostimulants. These micro-organisms also play a key role in interventions ondegraded land, stabilizing soils, improving hydrologi-cal function and increasing nutrient and carbon avail-ability. Microalgae therefore support several SDGsby promoting sustainable agricultural practices andcontributing to land restoration and carbon seques-tration efforts. The integration of microalgae in theseareas is essential to mitigate environmental impactsand improve global food security, highlighting theneed for increased research and development, aswell as public and political support, to exploit their fullpotential to advance the SDGs |
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