BRAZIL: Environmental work awarded
Don Bosco Catholic University presented with Ipê Amarelo Environmental Award
BRAZIL
(MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Catholic University in Campo Grande, Brazil, and the State Home Minister’s Office of Mato Grosso do Sul have been awarded the 2nd Ipê Amarelo Environmental Award for the Integrated Center for Environmental Protection and Research. The Environment and Sustainability Commission of the Regional Council of Engineering and Agronomy of Mato Grosso do Sul presented the award.
The university was represented at the award ceremony by Denilson Oliveira Guilherme, coordinator of the agro-environmental program, Andressa Tognon, coordinator of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Agency, Wesley Carvalho, a Ph.D. student, and interns.
The Integrated Center for Environmental Protection and Research has both the Center for Research and Practice in Environmental Law, located in the Center for Legal Practices, and the Technical Center, which operates in the geoprocessing laboratory. The technicians provide information and data to support environmental promotion for procedural decisions in Mato Grosso do Sul.
Additionally, Priscila Quevedo Monteiro Garcez, an environmental engineer who is getting her master’s degree in environmental sciences and agricultural sustainability in the university’s postgraduate program, was honored for her Takakura Accelerated Composting Method.
A Salesian said, “We appreciate the recognition of our work at the university in our initiatives to promote and protect the environment. Our students, professionals and staff are focused on environmental sustainability and remaining on the cutting-edge of that research and technology.”
The Ipê Amarelo Prize aims to recognize projects and initiatives that support environmental conservation, sustainability, technologies, and entrepreneurship involving engineering, agronomy, and geosciences in Mato Grosso do Sul. This year more than 20 proposals were reviewed for the awards. Two projects were awarded in each of the three categories including professional, student and institution.
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