Clean water and sanitation
Research
Alle the "clean water and sanitation" publications on the UNamur research portal.
Social impact and actions
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Institute of Life, Earth and Environment (ILEE)Research at the Institute of Life, Earth and Environment (ILEE) is relevant to several of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For example, we study the impact of multiple stressors (chemical, physical or pathogenic) and/or pollutants (pesticides, pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors, neurotoxins, atmospheric residues) on organisms but also on ecosystems, and solutions are sought to strengthen their resistance and resilience and/or limit harmful products (e.g. immuno-stimulation, search for alternative pharmaceuticals). Furthermore, by prospecting and characterising geological resources (water, metals and other raw materials) and by integrating human use over the centuries, from Antiquity to the current Anthropocene, ILEE contributes to the sustainable management of natural resources, including architecture and art. The transition to a more sustainable agriculture is investigated through the concept of ecosystem services via mapping, modelling and integrated assessment. The consequences of climate change on human migration or the interactions between the different agents responsible for the transmission of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases are also at the heart of ILEE's research. Read more... |
In the media (in french)Chemical pollution of water | Frédéric Silvestre (UNamur - ILEE) and Krishna Das (ULiège) explain the fundamental issues of ecotoxicology and the effects on fauna, flora and humans in the programme "Les Eclaireurs" on 01/10/2022 (RTBF/auvio). Read the article "Chemical pollution: no water is spared!" by RTBF. |
