The principle 10 of the Rio Declaration establishes that Environmental issues are best handled with participation of all concerned citizens, at the relevant level. At the national level, each individual shall have appropriate access to information concerning the environment that is held by public authorities, including information on hazardous materials and activities in their communities, and the opportunity to participate in decision-making processes. States shall facilitate and encourage public awareness and participation by making information widely available...

Pursuant to this principle ELP has published various publications in different series, avaible to the public. Awareness can only be achieved by information and education. These publications emphasize the importance of the role of environmental law.

The publications are divided in the following series:

1. Series of Environmental Legislation
2. Series of Documents on Environmental Law
3. Periodical Publications
4. Environmental Legal Missive
5. Publications on the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Preparatory Process for the Global Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg 2002)
6. Joint Publications and Studies
7. Publications on Specific Events
8. Environmental Law Programme’s Briefings

In order to fulfill the importance of the dissemination of information ELP offers a chart with the most relevant web links on environmental law and the UN System.