Progress in biotechnology provides development of rapid reproduction, methods and technique for environmental monitoring. Biotechnology methodologies include development of biosensors and membrane bioprocess for heavy metals, insecticides, pesticides, radio nucleotides and other contaminants. Use of drought resistant fast growing plants and trees help in the forestation of waste lands.

In order to meet the growing needs of timber for fuel and other purposes, fast growing carefree, non-aggressive multipurpose tree species may be planted on roadsides, barren and waste lands. These trees will not only meet our demand for timber but would also purify the environment.

Biotechnology will have major implications of the environment. The products of genetic engineering could dramatically improve human and animal health. This method has provided new drugs, new therapies and new ways of controlling disease vectors. Energy derived from plants could substitute for non-renewable fossil fuels.

New high yield crops varieties and those resistant to unfavorable weather conditions and pests could revolutionize agriculture. Integrated pest management will become more common. Biotechnology could also yield cleaner and more efficient alternatives in many wasteful purposes and polluting products. It will provide new techniques treat solid and liquid wastes which could help in solving the pressing problem of hazardous waste proposal.