• To develop methodologies for mapping degrading land, i.e. areas susceptible
to landslides, flood damage and drought, so that proper plans can be made for
sustainable development of the land.
• To develop models that have the capability to generate data through transfer
functions in case of missing data, such as permeability from texture or temperature
from altitude.
• To develop GIS and remote sensing capabilities for land degradation assessment,
computerized agro-ecological zoning and sustainable land management planning
(training of trainers).