Consultations
The Governance Group has a number of active members, a full list is shown below.
The Governance group works to inform members and stakeholders of the outcomes of Brexit, working to ensure European environmental legalisation protections are not lost.
We are currently working on our manifesto for the next Scottish election. It will set out the key policies and actions that the next Scottish Government must undertake to address the nature and climate emergencies. Member organisation manifestos will appear via a link here too.
This Group coordinates the Scotland Loves Nature Campaign
The Aarhus issues: access to information, including Freedom of Information (FOI) and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR); access to justice in environmental matters; public participation in decision-making.
Government structures in Scotland for environment and land management, including forestry and agriculture.
Governance Matters – reviewing methods and processes in the legislative, executive, judicial and civil branches of government in Scotland over the years since the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.
Referendum Challenge – our ideas on environmental essentials for Scotland’s future around which we want to know which constitutional option will best deliver.
Strategic environmental assessment (SEA)
Environmental liability (ELD)
24 Apr 2025
This is the first in a series of blogs looking at the Natural Environment Bill. The Natural Environment Bill, introduced in February and currently undergoing parliamentary scrutiny, will introduce legal targets for nature restoration as well as making changes to National Parks, deer management, and the powers to modify environmental protections. This blog will consider […]
11 Apr 2025
This first appeared in The National, on Saturday 5th April 2025. When Scotland votes in the Holyrood election next year there will be voters casting their ballot who were born in 2010, when Scotland had its fourth First Minister and was preparing for the fourth election of the devolution era. Devolution is not new – […]
22 Jan 2025
A new report published today by Scottish Environment LINK calls for urgent changes to the UK Internal Market Act, passed in 2020 as a replacement for the EU Single Market rules. The legislation prevents the devolved institutions from acting independently on a wide range of issues, including environmental and public health policy, and was instrumental in […]
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