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Resources

Through our resources and outreach work, we aim to make individuals, community groups and organisations more aware of their environmental rights and identify areas for policy and law reform.

Featured Resources

FAQs

Our 'frequently asked questions' provide basic information on key environmental issues in Scotland.

  • Access to justice FAQ
  • Air pollution FAQ
  • PFAS FAQ
View all FAQs

Lived experience

These cases from our Advice Service and outreach work give voice to the lived experience of people across Scotland.

  • Restore Nature’s legal challenge to protect Todrig from Sitka spruce plantations
  • Bathing waters designation – murkier than ever?
  • Refugees’ and asylum seekers’ lived experiences of access to greenspaces and healthy food
View all Lived experience

Films & webinars

Watch and hear from community campaigners and other experts.

  • Fossil Free Law campaign skillshare
  • Webinar: The Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 – How to enforce it and does it need to be strengthened?
  • Webinar: Defending environmental democracy
View all Films & webinars

Guides

Our guides provide detailed information on environmental laws.

  • Guide to Tree Preservation Orders
  • Guide to greenwashing
  • Guide to Environmental Impact Assessments for Planning Applications
View all Guides

Briefings

Our briefings make recommendations for enforcing and improving environmental laws.

  • Advocacy Manifesto asks 2026
  • Pollution from sewer overflows
  • Advocacy Manifesto: Securing environmental rights in Scotland
View all Briefings

Reports

Our reports provide in-depth analysis of environmental rights and the law.

  • Snapshot of advice service – 500 enquiries
  • Race & the Right to a Healthy Environment: Full report
  • Report on ERCS’s first 11 representations to Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS)
View all Reports

Consultation responses

Our responses to government consultations on environmental governance.

  • Extending the availability of Protective Expenses Orders
  • Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill call for views – ERCS consultation response
  • Ecocide (Scotland) Bill call for views – ERCS response
View all Consultation responses

Search Resources

Choose a resource type, topic or enter a search term.

  • Guides (15 December 2025)

    Guide to Tree Preservation Orders

  • Briefings (9 December 2025)

    Advocacy Manifesto asks 2026

  • ERCS information (27 November 2025)

    ERCS board minutes: Minutes of 8 October 2025

  • ERCS information (27 November 2025)

    ERCS board meeting: Minutes of 19 August 2025

  • Press releases (24 November 2025)

    New anti-pollution campaign challenges politicians to clean up Scotland’s sewage

  • Briefings (21 November 2025)

    Pollution from sewer overflows

  • Consultation responses (6 November 2025)

    Extending the availability of Protective Expenses Orders

  • Consultation responses (22 October 2025)

    Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill call for views – ERCS consultation response

  • Newsletters (22 October 2025)

    October 2025 newsletter

  • Guides (22 October 2025)

    Guide to greenwashing

  • Guides (22 October 2025)

    Guide to Environmental Impact Assessments for Planning Applications

  • Campaigns (16 October 2025)

    Fossil Free Law campaign skillshare

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