Alterra is the research institute for our green living environment. It offers a combination of practical and scientific research in a multitude of disciplines related to the green world around us and the sustainable use of our living environment. Flora and fauna, soil, water, the environment, geo-information and remote sensing, landscape and spatial planning, man and society
Alterra is part of the Wageningen University and Research Centre concern (Wageningen UR). In research and education it closely co-operates with the school of Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University. .