The Division of Environmental Management and Planning provides training in various aspects of environmental and natural resource management and integrated planning. Through interdisciplinary undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as through training courses for continuing professional development, the Division seeks to further human resource capacity building in its field. The Division also participates actively in international research, drawing on its network of associates and maintaining strong links with partner organizations across the Mediterranean and elsewhere.

The primary focus of the Division is on the following subject areas: the science and management of earth systems, environmental planning (including coastal management), integrated resource management, social-ecological systems, conservation and protected area management,  environmental assessment and policy,  corporate environmental management, hazards assessment and risk management, landscape research (including landscape ecology and management) and environmental ethics, all under the over-arching theme of sustainable development.