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Overview
SB 08-65 Climate Change: World Summit of Regions 2008 (551 KB pdf) - 21 November 2008 SB 07-27 Environment - Subject Profile (300 KB pdf) - 23 May 2007 SB 07-25 International Polar Year 2007-2009 (401 KB pdf) - 22 May 2007 SB 06-75 Sustainable Development - Scrutiny of Legislation (pdf 452kb) - 16 October 2006 SB 06-19 Environment and Rural Development Portfolio Overview (pdf 303k) - 9 March 2006 The Ecological Footprint of a Conference in the Scottish Parliament (pdf 473k) - 6 February 2006 SB 05-40 Ecological Footprinting - 15 July 2005 SB 05-08 Protected Areas - 8 February 2005 SB 03-29 Environment - Subject Profile - 29 May 2003 SM DA 00-06 Global Environment Issues - 14 Nov 2000

Climate change
SB 08-63 Climate Change: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions - The Community Approach (247 KB pdf) - 14 November 2008 SB 08-37 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (243 KB pdf) - 1 July 2008 SB 08-16 Carbon Capture and Storage (482 KB pdf) - 31 March 2008 SB 07-63 UK Climate Change Bill - Legislative Consent Memorandum (136 KB pdf) - 29 November 2007 SB 07-44 Averting 'Dangerous' Climate Change? - Science and Policy Update - 21 August 2007 SB 07-41 Personal Carbon Allowances (209 KB pdf) - 20 August 2007 SB 05-04 Climate Change - 21 January 2005 (The science and policy aspects of this briefing have been updated by SB 07-44 posted 21 August 2007)

Conservation
Land use SB 08-37 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (243 KB pdf) - 1 July 2008 RN 00-102 Allotments - 23 Nov 2000 RP 99-08 Land Reform White Paper - 16 August 1999 RN 99-03 Land Reform - 13 May 1999 National parks Cairngorms National Park Boundary Bill National Parks (Scotland) Bill SB 02-127 Proposals for Cairngorms National Park - Draft Designation Order - 21 Nov 2002 SB 02-82 Proposals for Cairngorms National Park - 31 July 2002 RN 99-26 National Parks in Scotland - 13 August 1999 Nature conservation and biodiversity SB 07-24 Biodiversity (190 KB pdf) - 21 May 2007 SB 06-98 Tail Docking of Dogs (Updated) (pdf 68.7kb) - 14 November 2006 SB 06-74 Tail Docking of Dogs (pdf 71.3kb) - 6 October 2006 (This briefing has been updated by SB 06-98 posted 14 November 2006) SB 06-63 Landscape Assessment (pdf 476kb) - 15 September 2006 SB 06-18 Ship to Ship Oil Transfer in the Firth of Forth (pdf 443k) - 8 March 2006 Planning etc. (Scotland) Bill Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Bill SB 05-67 Forestry in Scotland - 8 November 2005 Nature Conservation (Scotland) Bill Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Bill Fur Farming (Scotland) Bill SB 05-08 Protected Areas - 2 February 2005 SB 03-98 Wildlife Protection under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 - 19 December 2003 RN 01-60 Foxhunting in Scotland : an assessment of methodologies used to assess its economic impact - 11 June 2001 RN 99-50 Racing Pigeons and Birds of Prey - 10 January 2000 SM DA19 Forestry in Scotland - 24 September 1999 RN 99-17 Fox Hunting in Scotland - 28 July 1999 SM DA07 Nature Conservation - 27 May 1999

Environmental protection
SB 06-111 Marine Spatial Planning (pdf 228kb) - 21 December 2006 SB 06-110 Marine Protected Areas (pdf 299kb) - 21 December 2006 SB 06-109 The Marine Environment (pdf 272kb) - 21 December 2006 SB 06-53 Soil Protection in Scotland (pdf 843k) - 7 July 2006 SB 05-36 Strategic Environmental Assessment and Nuclear Power - 4 July 2005 Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Bill SB 04-52 Environmental Impact Assessment - 12 August 2004 SB 04-46 Strategic Environmental Assessment - 18 June 2004 SB 03-06 2003 - International Year of Freshwater - 27 January 2003 RN 01-73 World Heritage Sites in Scotland - 27 July 2001 RN 00-54 Environmental Liability - 11 July 2000 Pollution SB 06-18 Ship to Ship Oil Transfer in the Firth of Forth (pdf 443k) - 8 March 2006 SB 05-27 Chernobyl - Nineteen Years On - 26 April 2005 SB 02-109 Pollution Registers - 3 October 2002 SB 02-100 Contamination of Glasgow's Water with Cryptosporidium - 3 September 2002 RN 00-69 Pollution Prevention And Control (Scotland) Regulations - 5 September 2000 RN 00-27 Contaminated Land 18 April 2000 SM DA11 Environmental Pollution - 17 June 1999 Waste SB 07-59 Waste Management in Scotland. Towards Zero Waste? (222 KB pdf) - 28 November 2007 SB 06-56 Sludge from Wastewater Works (pdf 387k) - 16 August 2006 Environmental Levy on Plastic Bags (Scotland) Bill SB 03-65 National Waste Plan 2003 - 20 August 2003 Dog Fouling (Scotland) Bill SB 02-25 Waste Policy: An Overview - 27 February 2002 RN 99-24 National Waste Strategy Scotland - 11August 1999

European Union
SB 02-23 European Environmental Policy: An Overview of Forthcoming Proposals - 27 February 2002 SB 02-24 European Transport and Energy Policy: An Overview of Forthcoming Proposals - 27 February 2002 RN 99-15 The impact of the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive on the Fish Processing Industry - 1 July 1999

Water
Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Bill SB 07-48 Flooding (141 KB pdf) - 11 September 2007 Finance SB 02-77 Water Rate Relief - 9 July 2002 RN 01-40 Water and Sewerage Charges for Charitable Organisations - 3 April 2001 RN 00-87 Charges Made Under the Groundwater Regulation 1998 - 23 October 2000 Water Industry Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Bill Water Industry (Scotland) Bill Water Services etc. (Scotland) Bill RN 01-41 Scottish Water Services - 9 April 2001 SM DA21 The Water Industry - 21 December 1999