resources

Latest Analysis

Michelle Reeve

Qualitative responses to the 2017 Membership Survey

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Our annual membership survey not only collects quantitative responses, but also gives members a chance to provide written feedback on our membership services.

Once we've summarised the numerical results (see our Membership Survey...

Recent reports

Membership Survey 2017

Each year, we survey our members to identify trends in how different services are valued and to gather members’ opinions on potential future developments. Here...
Annual Report 2016

Find out more about the IES and our activities by reading the Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2016.

The 2016 Report features comment from our...
Land-use planning and development control: planning for air quality

Environmental Protection UK (EPUK) and the Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM) have produced this guidance to ensure that air quality is adequately...
Salary Survey 2016

This definitive guide explores salary trends in the environmental science sector, and provides a valuable guide to what salary you can expect or hope to achieve....
Membership Survey 2016

The Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) surveys its members annually to identify trends in how different services are valued and to gather members’ opinions...

Recent journals

Time for a new Clean Air Act?

Though experts have been aware of the issue for many years, it is only in recent years that the majority of the media and public have become aware of the severity of the air quality crisis in many of...
Feeding the nine billion

It is estimated that the world's population will reach 9.7 billion by 2050. This presents a huge challenge: how to feed this many people. This problem can be addressed in a variety of ways:...
Quadrophilia: How decentralisation has helped the environment

Increasingly vocal demands for repatriation of power from both Brussels and Westminster have re-opened the debate about where decision-making powers on environmental issues should lie. This issue of...
They walk among us: The rise of citizen science

Whilst the traditional sciences have been recognised for decades, it was only with the emergence of serious environmental problems in the mid-20th century that environmental science was...
Growing in space: Science beyond the biosphere

From the moment humans began launching into space, we have been turning our tools of exploration back towards the Earth itself. Here, we bring together a collection of papers which explore how Earth...