WOCAT's vision is that land and livelihoods are improved through sharing and enhancing knowledge about sustainable land management.

WOCAT's mission is to support innovation and decision-making processes in sustainable land management, particularly in connection with soil and water conservation (SWC). This is done by:

• connecting stakeholders,
• analysing and synthesising experiences and setting directions,
• enhancing capacity knowledge,
• developing and applying standardized tools for documenting, monitoring, evaluating, sharing and using knowledge