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RTDF was established as a public-private partnership in 1992 after industry approached the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify what they could do together to develop and improve the environmental technologies needed to address their mutual cleanup problems in the safest, most cost-effective manner. RTDF undertakes research, development, demonstration, and evaluation efforts focused on finding innovative solutions to high priority problems. No new activity has occurred with this Forum since 2006, but the website products will remain available until at least 2015.

COST is a European cooperation in scientific and technical research. Different COST working groups address different issues of concern. This group was chaired by The University of Greenwich, United Kingdom, from 2004-2009. 

COST is a predominantly European science collaboration to address special issues of concern. This one was chaired by Dr. Jean-Paul Schwitzguebel of The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland from 1998-2003. 

This Advanced Study Institute was co-directed and hosted by The University of Parma in Italy and The Zhytomyr State Technological University in Ukraine in August, 2005. It focused on advanced science and technology for biological decontamination of sites affected by chemical and radiological nuclear agents. Many of our IPS members served as teachers for this course. 

This active discussion forum and clearinghouse for information on phytotechnologies was established by the University of Parma. You can view and download many resources, but you need to subscribe to actively participate in the discussions and post your own material. 

This 131-page document plus appendices is available for free download and represents some of the most organized and comprehensive work to-date supporting decision-making for project designers and permitting processes for regulators. Though it goes only thru the year 2009, this publication includes one of the few collected databases of phytotechnology projects and results. 

ITRC is a public-private coalition working to reduce barriers to the use of innovative environmental technologies that reduce compliance costs and maximize cleanup efficacy. ITRC produces documents and training that broaden and deepen technical knowledge and expedite quality regulatory decision making while protecting human health and the environment. The technical teams, including a Phytotechnologies Team, are composed of environmental professionals, including state and federal environmental regulators, federal agency representatives, industry experts, community stakeholders, and academia. Phytotechnology professionals regularly reference the work of ITRC in their navigations of permits for individual projects. 

Parma University in Italy has offered this one-year Master Course through 2011. To inquire about current availability, please contact the professors listed on the information menu. You can still view the content outline for this course. 

This will go straight to the current issue of the journal, where you can review articles, purchase the issue, or subscribe to the journal. The publisher Taylor and Francis has many other journals and publications that may have relevance to phytotechnology professionals. 

Kansas State University (KSU) leads this fourteen-institution consortium. The center was established in 1989 to conduct research pertaining to hazardous substances produced through agriculture, forestry, mining, mineral processing, and other activities. After the grant period ended in 2003, new activities were shifted to other centers. However, relevant past projects can still be reviewed under the Research menu. The Phytoremediation menu is by special permission only. 

This database includes basic biological and cultural information for most plants found in the U.S. 

This organization carries out basic and applied research, technology transfer, and training. Activities are conducted regionally by five multi-university centers, which focus on different aspects of hazardous substance management. These centers bring together varied disciplines to collaborate on integrated research projects, which involve practical problems of hazardous substance management as well as long-term, exploratory research.

This institution in Germany engages in a wide variety of environmental research, including contaminated sites and microbial interactions. This link takes you straight to the Constructed Treatment Wetlands projects, but you may also wish to browse the “Service” menu, then the library of projects A-Z.