Number: 2002-064-1-300
Title: Green Chemistry in Latin America
Task Group Chairman: Pietro
Tundo
Members: Rita
Hoyos de Rossi and Rosaura
M. Romero
Completion Date: 2004 - project completed
Objective:
The project is aimed at increasing the awareness and attracting
the interest of university students in Latin America universities
towards the Green/Sustainable Chemistry activities, by highlighting
their general roles and simultaneously presenting already on-going
activities in Latin America. The aim of this Project is the production
of a book like "Green Chemistry in Africa". The latter
book (IUPAC proposal #2002-018-1-300)
is being disseminated in Sub-saharan Universities. Likewise, this
book gets origin from the OECD request for IUPAC to promulgate Green
Chemistry Education. The Subcommittee on Green Chemistry foreshadows
further similar volumes in other regions.
Description:
The book will be specifically designed for university students,
with particular attention for students in Latin America universities
and will be written in Spanish. An English translation can be easy
scheduled later on, since its content may by useful to a larger
audience. The book plans to highlight the relevance of Green/Sustainable
Chemistry in general, and to underline its potential relevance for
developing countries.
The Task Group will co-edit of the book. External
referees may be contacted, according to needs of the various chapters.Chapters
will be contributed by different authors, most of them based in
Latin America universities. Such an option is aimed at highlighting
the already on-going research activities and presenting them to
students in an easily understandable way. This is expected:
to attract and enhance the attention towards Green/Sustainable
Chemistry activities in general
to encourage further work from already practicing
researchers
to encourage students to consider this area for their
professional future
to underline, in a matter-of-fact way, the significance
of Green/Sustainable Chemistry activities within and for the Latin
America context.
The inclusion of a section on Green Chemistry education
(like in the already mentioned book "GC in Africa) has the
additional objective of linking research activities to the preparation
of future specialists, by generating channels for a fast and effective
dissemination of information (both the information stimulating research
activities and the information resulting from them). The project
may be a pilot initiative for future green-chemistry activities
in Latin America by IUPAC and related associations (scientific collaborations,
networking, etc.).