ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELDS OF BIODIVERSITY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, with a special emphasis on understanding the processes that lead to present-day patterns of biological diversity and the principles governing the spatial partitioning of genotypic and phenotypic variation

IMPROVE AND INTEGRATE ECOLOGIC, TAXONOMIC AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC KNOWLEDGE AT DIFFERENT SCALES, focusing in particular on the Iberian and Mediterranean biological heritage

APPLY SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TO PROPOSE CONSERVATION PRIORITIES AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS to national and international conservation authorities

USE SCIENTIFIC DATA FROM WILD AND DOMESTIC BREEDS TO IMPROVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT through collaborations with local authorities

PROVIDE TOP LEVEL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN EVOLUTIONARY AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

FOSTER PUBLIC AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF BIODIVERSITY, by communicating scientific results and promoting outreach activities