Authors:
Marcello Colao
1
and
Elvira Tarsitano
2
Affiliations:
1
A.P.S., Via Giulio Petroni 15/f – 70124 Bari, Italy
;
2
ABAP-A.P.S., Via Giulio Petroni 15/f – 70124 Bari, Italy, Centro di Eccellenza di Ateneo per la Sostenibilità (CEA4S), Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
Keyword(s):
Environment, Hemp, Phytoremediation, Cropping Systems, Sustainability, Green Building.
Abstract:
The project aims to realize interventions for phytodepuration and to evaluate the remediation capacity of the best Hemp variety (s) as a hyperaccumulator of heavy metals. Hemp (Cannabis sativa) can be used to reclaim the soils using an innovative, eco-friendly and low-cost technique called phytoremediation. Hemp is suitable to be used to recover soils, as it is easy to grow under different pedo-climatic conditions, is can be reintroduced in current cropping systems and produces high exploitable biomass for the Non-Food sector. The project aims to explore the potential uses of hemp and its contribution in promoting sustainable development (products) and investigate the potential carbon sequestration potential in the soil and evaluate different agricultural management practices, evaluating CO2, N2O and CH4 emissions related to certain climatic conditions (those provided by the IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).