Environmental research in the IF Sertão-PE and its contribution to sustainable development in the semi-aird territories of Brazil

Abstract

The Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Sertão Pernambucano (IF Sertão-PE) has the mission of promoting sustainable regional development, with emphasis on science and technology, through teaching, research, extension and innovation, forming people capable of transforming society. Its vision is to be an institution of excellence at all levels and teaching modalities, articulated with research and extension, committed to social transformation, based on ethics and citizenship. The purpose of this article is to present some reports of developed and developing research in the IF Sertão-PE and its relevance for the development of semi-arid territories, seeking a sustainable coexistence between nature and society, as well as highlighting the way in which such investigations and activities related to them are developed, as a practical form of execution between the institution and the local and regional society.