Why Environmental Science?
Generally speaking environmental issues are considered as cleanliness, planting trees, abating pollution etc., but in reality, the scope of environment is much beyond that. It encompasses the ecological, economic, social, cultural, political and commercial dimensions of consumptions and degradation of environmental resources and at the same time includes the technical, technological, legal, moral and ethical approaches to deal with such inter-sectoral issues at local and global level.
Technically speaking environment provides the essential life support services to the planet through dynamic interaction of its resources. The human interventions with the environmental resource dynamics for socio-economic development have created complex problems at local and global level. The knowledge to understand such problems and find different approaches to their solution has also developed. Hence, developing human resources capable of understanding the complex science of life support system is also of vital importance to make the development process environmentally sustainable. Therefore, the discipline of Environmental Science has come up as one of the emerging science in the new millennium and there is dire need to generate human resource in this emerging field of increasing significance to fulfill the market need.
 
The scope of environmental science
The scope of environmental science is increasing day by day with growing environmental concerns. In the public sector, the jobs have been created at federal, provincial and local government levels. In the Pakistan with the 18th constitutional amendments, the subject of environment has been devolved to provinces and provincial institutions have been setup. With the establishment of local bodies system, the opportunities for environmental graduates will further increase as most of the tasks related to environment have been mandated to local bodies. Currently, all provinces, AJK and Gilgat Baltistan have environmental institutions at district level. In the private sector, all multinational companies have jobs related to environment and now local companies are also hiring environmental graduates. There are opportunities in environmental consulting services, where consultancy services are well rewarded. The UN organizations, World Bank, Asian Development Bank have established environment sections. Non-governmental organizations in the development and conservation sectors are also hiring environmental graduates.
 
Vision
Our vision is to develop as an institute of learning in Pakistan on environment coupled with research and development activities to rediscover man’s relation with nature in the light of eco-Islamic view of the Quraan.
 
Mission
Our mission is to create a generation committed to promote change towards patterns of economic development that are environmentally sustainable and socially equitable through sustained efforts and implementation.
 
Aim
Our aim is to develop human resource capable of generating, disseminating and extending knowledge for sustainable development.
 
Objectives
Our objectives are to equip public in general and decision makers of the future in particular with:

  • knowledge to support informed decision-making
  • skills to mitigate and measures to adapt impact of climate change; and
  • attitudes to live responsibly with a consumption pattern, which is ecologically viable, economically feasible and socially equitable.