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International Conference on

Recent Trends in Environmental Sustainability

Department of Environmental Sciences

The Department of Environmental Sciences was established in 2011 at COMSATS University
Islamabad, Vehari Campus. The Department of Environmental Sciences seeks to understand
the integrated behavior of the soil-plant-atmosphere system as it affects the flow and
partitioning of resources including carbon and water. We are being highly interdisciplinary
with multi-dimensional expertise, interested in to investigate the complex interactions
between and/or among biotic and abiotic components of the biosphere and their impact on
food security and associated ecosystem services both under current and long-term scenario.

The Department of Environmental Sciences at CUI-Vehari is working in multiple directions of
natural sciences and policy studies. The Department is offering undergraduate and graduate
study programs in the field of environmental sciences that empower students to make
productive contributions and compete with the challenges at national and international
levels. The vision of department is to address complex environmental issues regarding
environmental toxicology and health that challenge the integrity and sustainability of global
systems especially in context to Pakistan through integrated research and teaching. The
Department endeavors to create awareness and understanding of the basic principles and
processes of local environmental issues and aims to partake in managing natural resources
degradation and environmental pollution. The Department provides diverse learning
opportunities to research students through usage of the state-of-the-art research facilities
and various field experimental sites. The faculty department includes 30 PhDs qualified from
foreign and Pakistani universities is committed to create a research-oriented culture of
intellectual collaboration with national and international institutes through national and
international funded projects for productive and interdisciplinary research that better mirror
the environmental problems we seek to address.

Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus
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