• origin, evolution, vegetation, water relations, threats, and restoration of wetland and peatland ecosystems,
• protection, threats, and dynamics of forest ecosystems,
• vegetation, threats, and restoration of lake ecosystems,
• quality and health of agricultural, forest, and urban soils using biochemical tests,
•  soil functional biodiversity and habitat biodiversity in agricultural and natural areas.

The Sub-Department of Soil Reclamation and Waste Management conducts research on:

• processes of soil organic matter transformation,
• carbon sequestration in agricultural soils, degraded and reclaimed land,
• impact of anthropogenic factor on the environment,
• development of environmental revitalization technologies,
• development and implementation of alternative methods of organic and mineral waste management.

• structure and physical properties of soils in various ecosystems: natural, agricultural, urban, and anthropogenically highly transformed, degraded and reclaimed,
• effect of mineral and organic wastes on physical condition of soil,
• origin, properties, and factors influencing the variability of alluvial soils,
• influence of afforestation of post-agricultural land on soil properties,
• properties and use of bottom sediments of dam reservoirs.

The Institute collaborates with numerous Polish and European institutions related to agricultural science and practice. The employees of the Institute cooperate also with state and local government administration and business entities:

• Grupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe “Puławy” SA
• Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka SA
• Kruszywa Niemce SA
• ECOSERVICE
• Research and Supervisory Centre of Underground Mining in Katowice
• Elektrownia Stalowa Wola SA
• Sulphur Mines “Basznia”, “Jeziórko”, “Machów”
• Forest Inspectorates: Janów Lubelski, Parczew, Sobibór
• Municipal and housing management enterprises in Lublin, Krosno, Tomaszów Lubelski, Tarnobrzeg, Stalowa Wola
• Polesie and Roztocze National Parks
• Inspectorate of Environmental Protection for Lublin Voivodship
• Regional Directorate for Environmental Protection in Lublin
• Polish Union of Combustion By-Products
• VET-AGRO in Lublin
• Lublin Voivodship Governor’s Office
• Lublin City Office
• Vattenfall Heat Poland SA

The Institute is equipped with modern scientific apparatus to make numerous specialized analyses, which allow to form expert opinions in wide range of research areas. 

In the years 2015-2020, the researchers of the Institute published 86 abstracts in conference proceedings and 146 original scientific papers, including 65 papers in journals covered by Web of Science Database with total Impact Factor equalling 129.414. They were also authors or co-authors of 7 patents and 1 implementation.

Currently, the teachers of the Institute conduct classes in 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle, full-time and part-time studies in the following study courses:

• Agribusiness
• Agriculture
• Agritourism
• Agroforestry
• Agronomy
• Bioengineering
• Environmental engineering
• Environmental management
• Forestry
• Garden art and plant arrangements
• Geodesy and cartography
• Herbalism and plant therapies
• Horticulture
• Land management
• Landscape architecture
• Plant protection and phytosanitary control
• Protection of environment
• Spatial development
• Tourism and Recreation,

Delivering lectures in:

• Agro- and phytomelioration in forests
• Contemporary land management
• Development of difficult and degraded areas
• Economic geography
• Engineering graphics
• Environmental management
• Environmental monitoring and environmental impact assessment
• Environmental protection
• Environmental protection in waste management
• Farming economy in agricultural areas
• Forest geodesy
• Forest hydrology
• Forest management
• Forest protection
• Forest soil science
• Forest typology
• Geodesy and cartography
• Habitat studies
• Industrial waste waters treatment
• Land development for water management in forests
• Landfills
• Management and processing of sewage sludge
• Management in industrial areas
• Management of eroded areas
• Natural and forest education
• Natural conditioning of space management
• Nature 2000 Program
• Nature protection
• Ornithology
• Physiography
• Phytosociology
• Protection and shaping of forest landscapes
• Reclamation of degraded areas
• Recycling technologies and waste management
• Soil reclamation
• Soil science
• Special and hazardous wastes
• Stewardship in waste management
• Technical systems planning
• Touristic forest management
• Waste in engineering and environmental protection
• Waste management
• Waste management technologies
• Water and wastewater quality assessment
• Water in the city
• Water management