GLOBIMED has the following eight main objectives:

1. Coordination of research activities of 14 scientific groups in diverse locations on the Iberian Peninsula.
2. Unification of information and centralisation of network activities in a single database.
3. Exchange of students and scientists among groups in the network in order to provide training in complementary scientific fields.
4. Laying the basis for nationally and internationally coordinated projects (like the VI EU Framework Programme) through joint discussions and pilot projects.
5. Implementation of orientations of international committees and organisations involved in global change and biodiversity (IGBP, SCOPE, European Platform for Biodiversity, among others), with special emphasis on the setting up of a Spanish network for long-term ecological research (LTER).
6. Preparation of an extensive and thematically organised mailing list of scientists, managers and leaders of institutions involved in the management of Mediterranean forests.
7. Dissemination to key sectors outside the academic sphere, which do not usually consult specialised academic journals; mainly managers, national leaders in science policy as well as diverse companies and institutions involved in the sustainable exploitation of natural resources and/or conservation of nature.
8. Preparation of a comprehensive scientific publication at an intermediate level and aimed at a broad readership.