Elsevier, Samuel M. Gorton, Chapter 41 - Integrated agroecological technology networks for food, bioenergy, and biomaterial production, Editor(s): Anju Dahiya, Bioenergy (Second Edition), Academic Press, 2020, Pages 767-788, ISBN 9780128154977, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815497-7.00041-5.
Ecological technologies could be best defined as technologies that transform natural resources into anthropocentric goods and services, while returning beneficial materials or energy to the ecosystem and minimizing pollution. Ecological technologies may provide for the needs of the growing human population with positive societal and ecological impacts relative to current practices, namely restoring land and reducing pollution.
