Environmental information is not restricted by location. It includes:

Biological diversity and its components - Article 2 of the Convention on Biological Diversity 1992 defines the term as "the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems". The components of biodiversity then must be taken to mean, genetic diversity - the genetic composition of a species (genes, DNA, etc), species diversity - every living thing, every single species (plant, animal, bacteria, virus's etc), ecosystem diversity - all habitats whether natural or man-made (from arctic wilderness to urban sprawl). In addition, biological diversity and its components should not be limited in time, for instance, it will include dead and extinct individual organisms and species.

Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) - UNECE describe GMOs as "any organism with the exception of human beings that possesses a novel combination of genetic material obtained through the use of modern biotechnology". In addition, the European Community has used the following definition, "genetically modified organism (GMO) means an organism, with the exception of human beings, in which the genetic material has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating and/or natural recombination".

The interaction among these elements - This recognises that no one aspect of the environment can be fully understood in isolation and that the interaction between the elements is just as important as the elements themselves.