Goals

1. Promote relevant and responsive education in forestry, agroforestry, biodiversity conservation and related fields

2. Generate appropriate knowledge and technologies for forest resources and environmental management and conservation through relevant research undertakings

3. Sustain partnership with local communities, government and non-government organizations, private groups and funding agencies in the management and conservation of the Visayan forests and the environment

4. Establish functional awareness and public advocacy on important socio-economic and ecological problems and issues affecting forests and environment

General Objectives:

1. To strive for excellence in forestry education for sustainable forest management and conservation

2. To enhance focus on high impact programs in instruction, research and extension for the well-being of small Visayan farmers particularly the upland rural poor

3.To establish and sustain meaningful linkages with local, national and international institutions and agencies for the promotion of relevant instruction, responsive research and effective extension in forestry and allied fields