Access to information

Information about SNH and about nature

SNH has a legal duty to provide access to any of its information to anyone who asks. The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 give everyone the right of access to information. The Act gives access to information about SNH and the Regulations give access to information held by SNH about Scotland's nature and environment.

More information can be found at the Scottish Information Commissioner's website: www.itspublicknowledge.info/ 

Information about you

The Data Protection Act 1998 gives everyone the right of access to information about themselves. SNH holds information about people for various purposes, for example:

• anyone receiving payments from us;
• those who have written to us about any issue;
• those who have responded to consultations;
• anyone who has requested publications; and
• anyone that is currently, or has been, a member of SNH staff.

Information through our Website

SNH aims to publish as much information as possible through our website. Before you make a request to SNH for information please check our website to see if the information you need is already available. Popular queries can be answered using:

About Scotland's Nature webpages - which contain a mine of information on Scotland's habitats, species, landscapes, rocks, landforms and soils 

Research and data - which offers facts and figures, natural heritage trends, details about sites designated for their natural heritage value, and data for downloading for use with Geographic Information Systems 

Annual Reports and associated accounts and environmental management reports published by SNH.

If you have any other questions about accessing SNH information please contact the Information Officer at Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW or via email on foi@snh.gov.uk