The activities of the Institute will develop from two points of view: research and formation, both important and complementary. The teams that will form part of the organisation will develop tasks of both types. Its principal achievements and activities are the following: PROJECTS OF RESEARCH The research projects in which the members of the Institute take part are the following:
			1.-Estudio de procesos de gota fría en las Rías Bajas de Galicia durante el Holoceno. Xunta de Galicia.(1997-1999) 2.- Integrated conservation and development project (ICPD), Andringitra Strict Nature Reserve/Pic d’Ivohibe Special Reserve; WWW International Mad. Programme. Association National pour a Gestion des Aires Protégées (ANGAP), Madagascar. (1993-2000). 3.- Influence of the management of agricultural and forest systems in the hydric regime of the soil and in the composition of the waters in a humid climate. CICYT. (1996-1999). 4.-Storminess and environmentally sensitive atlantic coastal areas of the European Union. Environment and Climate Program. European Union ENV4-CT97-0488. (1997-1999). 5.- Effective land management for surface runoff control. FAIR . European Union (1996-1999). 6.- Caraterización del medio ambiente marino del Puerto y Ría de Ferrol. FEDER. (1999-2000) 7.- Reconstrucción paleoclimática para Galicia durante el Cuaternario Tradío. PDGIT. (2000-2003) 8.- Conservação e aproveitamento dos recursos naturais geológicos da Serra da Peneda-Gerês para a investigação, ensiño e turismo científico (INTERREG) (2001-2003). 9.- Estudios de las aplicaciones prácticas de las residuos de corte (serrines) de granito en ingeniería civil. CICYT. (2001-2004).