The Environment and Sustainable Development serves as a link between the government, industry, and the non-profit community on a wide range of issues related to environmental management and sustainable development. Volunteers For Africa works to enhance the understanding and adoption of sustainable development principles through education, outreach, research and community involvement.

We promote, facilitate, and deliver interdisciplinary education; and, through community-based program development and applied research, we work with communities and government agencies to further sustainable development at a variety of scales
Volunteers For Africa promotes partnerships to develop and deliver innovative strategies and programs related to improving integrated planning and natural resource management. Applied research conducted or supervised by Centre staff addresses needs articulated by our partners. Scientists have opportunities to direct their research skills at real-world problems in integrated natural resource management and sustainable development. For benefit of the general population.