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.

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.