Consultation, drafting and publication of the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy document: EIR release

Information request and response under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.


Information requested

Who is responsible for the content located within the following document? By responsible i mean who created the content and what oversight is in place to ensure the content is accurate?

https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/strategy-plan/2024/11/scottishbiodiversity-strategy-2045/documents/scottish-biodiversity-strategy-2045-tackling-nature-emergencyscotland/scottish-biodiversity-strategy-2045-tackling-nature-emergencyscotland/govscot%3Adocument/scottish-biodiversity-strategy-2045-tackling-nature-emergency-scotland.pdf

Response

As the information you have requested is ‘environmental information’ for the Purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA.

This exemption is subject to the ‘public interest test’. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request.

The Scottish Government’s Environment & Forestry and Marine directorates respectively were responsible for the consultation, drafting and publication of the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy document. In terms of oversight, officials have created the document taking into account consultation and engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. It then was considered by the Scottish Government Legal Directorate and was sent to Ministers for approval. Oversight and assurance principles have been applied throughout.

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Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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