中欧环境和微生物科学家：共同担当起保护地球家园的责任

Environmental scientists & microbiologists from China & EU: take the responsibility to cherish the Earth homeland

摘要:

国际科技合作是促进科技进步和人类社会文明发展的重要举措，在环境保护和维护地球生态系统良好运行的目标下，最容易达成共识。中国国家自然科学基金委员会和欧盟委员会2018年和2019年分别发布了在环境生物技术领域合作的项目指南，共同支持环境生物修复技术和塑料降解微生物菌群相关领域的基础研究和成果转化。本专刊邀请了相关项目负责人介绍合作框架内项目的设计思想、主要内容以及获得的进展，并收录了在环境生物修复技术领域的基础研究和成果转化方面的论文23篇。

Abstract:

Humanity shares the common interest to protect the environment and to maintain a healthy global ecosystem. International collaboration is key in this context, to advance the necessary science and technology. The National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and European Commission (EC) have agreed to collaborate in innovative knowledge and technology in the field of bioremediation of polluted environments and biodegradation of plastics. In this context, projects on bioremediation of soils, wastewater and sediment matrices and on microbial degradation of plastics were supported. This special issue aimed to introduce these projects and their progresses in the related fields. In total, 23 papers have been collected in this issue, covering both fundamental and applied researches.