1) for the benefit of the public to advance, promote and further the conservation maintenance, restoration, regeneration and protection of: wildlife and its habitats; places of natural beauty; places of zoological, botanical, geographical, archaeological or scientific interest; features of landscape with geological, physiographical or amenity value in particular, but not exclusively, in ways that further biodiversity.
2) to advance the education of the public in: the principles and practice of sustainable development; the principles and practice of biodiversity conservation.
3) to promote and undertake research in all areas of the natural world and to publish the useful results thereof.
sustainable development is primarily defined as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. (brundtland commission).