Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management
Professional body for ecologists and environmental managers
The Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM, SY-eem) is the professional body which represents and supports ecologists and environmental managers, mainly in the United Kingdom and Ireland, but also in mainland Europe and the rest of the world.
Established in 1991, CIEEM now has approaching 10,000 members drawn from local authorities, government agencies, industry, environmental consultancy, teaching/research and NGOs.
The Inaugural President from 1991–94 was the ecologist Professor Tony Bradshaw FRS.
Formerly known as IEEM, CIEEM attained a Royal Charter in 2013, being recognised for its high level of professionalism.
Activities
CIEEM provides a variety of services (including conferences, training, events, guidance and advice) to develop the competency and standards of professional ecologists and environmental managers and also to promote ecology and environmental management as a profession.
CIEEM members are able to become Chartered Ecologists (CEcol) and/or Chartered Environmentalists (CEnv).
CIEEM is a constituent body of the Society for the Environment and the Environmental Policy Forum (EPF). CIEEM is also a member of IUCN-UK and IUCN Global.
CIEEM has Observer status for the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
CIEEM is a member of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 partnership, and was a member of the UN Decade of Biodiversity 2011-2020 partnership, a signatory of the Countdown 2010 agreement to help save biodiversity, and a member of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity UK partnership.
Awards
The Institute makes a number of annual awards.
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