The long-term and short-term objectives of the ENVIS Centre are:
Long-term objectives :

• To build up a repository and dissemination center in Environmental Science and Engineering;
  
  
• to gear up the modern technologies of acquisition, 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 development 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 user community;
  
  
• to promote, national and international cooperation and liaison 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