to build up a repository and dissemination centre in Environmental Science and Engineering;
to gear up the modern technologies of acquistion, processing, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information of environmental nature; and
to support and promote research, development and innovation in environmental information technology.
Short-term objectives :
to provide national environmental information service relevant to present needs and capable of develoment to meet the future needs of the users, originators, processors and disseminators of information;
to build up storage, retrieval and dissemination capabilities with the ultimate objectives of disseminating information speedily to the users;
to promote, national and international cooperation and liasion for exchange of environment related information;
to promote, support and assist education and personnel training programmes designed to enhance environmental information processing and utilisation capabilities;
to promote exchange of information amongst developing countries.
