Institution of Environmental Sciences

Short description: UK professional body

Institution of Environmental Sciences

Founded| 1972
Founder| Julian Snow, Baron Burntwood
Type| Professional body
Focus| Environmental Science
Location|

* Shoreditch
London, EC2
United Kingdom

Area served

| Worldwide
Method| Education, advice, support, CPD

President

| John Lawton

Key people

| Adam Donnan (CEO) Julie Hill (Chair)
Website| www.the-ies.org

The Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) is a professional association and registered charity in the United Kingdom. The organisation promotes environmental protection and conservation, and performs related education and meta-analysis of scientific research.[1] IES is a constituent body of both the Society for the Environment (SocEnv), and the Science Council and trains environmental technicians, chartered environmentalist[2] and chartered scientist[3] qualifications. The IES provides administration for two other organisations in the UK: the Community for Environmental Disciplines in Higher Education[4] who accredit university programmes, and for the Institute of Air Quality Management.

The IES maintains the environmental SCIENTIST[5] journal, sends quarterly to members and available open access three-months after publication. Articles are written by experts and professionals working in the environmental field. IES also publishes reports on issues in the environmental science sector and provides guidance for professionals working in environmental science.[6]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

The Institution of Environmental Sciences was founded as a result of an initiative by Dr John Rose during a series of meetings held during 1971-1972 at the Royal Society in London and chaired by Lord Burntwood.

## See also

* List of environmental journals

## References

1. ↑ "Charity Details". https://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=277611&subId=0.
2. ↑ "Licensed Partners". socenv.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20070820024214/http://www.socenv.org.uk/members/list-of-member-bodies/. Retrieved 2 Jan 2016.
3. ↑ "Licensed Partners". sciencecouncil.org/. http://sciencecouncil.org/about-us/our-members-and-licensed-bodies/. Retrieved 2 Jan 2016.
4. ↑ "CEDHE – Shaping our environmental future" (in en-GB). https://ches.info/.
5. ↑ "environmental SCIENTIST | The Institution Of Environmental Sciences". https://www.the-ies.org/environmental_scientist.
6. ↑ "Reports | The Institution Of Environmental Sciences". https://www.the-ies.org/reports.

## External links

* IES website
* IAQM website

* [1]Chartered Scientist

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