CEDA aims to achieve the following objectives:
- To stress on enforcement of right to clean and healthy environment as a constitutional right.
- To encourage public participation in the management and protection of the environment and natural resources for sustainable development.
- To encourage citizens and individuals to preserve and protect the environment in their daily activities.
- To encourage and promote agricultural, industrial and other production activities to abide to environmental law, principles and procedures.
- To ensure that all public official and policy makers have sufficient knowledge of environmental law and principles, and apply them in their day-to-day decisions and policies.
- To ensure that all judicial and law enforcement officials have attained sufficient training on environmental law.
- To ensure that environmental law principles are incorporated in all government policies and legislations.
- To ensure that environmental respect principles are added in schools’ curriculum at all levels of education.
- To promote conservation and regeneration of degraded ecosystems through participatory appraisals and demonstrations.
- To contribute towards national and international regulatory frameworks related to environment and natural resources management through research, policy analysis and advocacy.
- To contribute towards Environment & Biodiversity conservation through research, awareness raising and education, advocacy, and consultancy.
- To partner with national and international NG0s and other like-minded institutions, bodies, and entities working to promote sustainable development.
- To strengthen the capacity of CEDA and its members and staff to be able to contribute meaningfully towards the sustainable development of South Sudan.