{"id":12614,"date":"2018-10-14T12:15:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T12:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/?p=12614"},"modified":"2019-06-09T16:24:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T16:24:32","slug":"sssi-site-of-special-scientific-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/sssi-site-of-special-scientific-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Site Of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-13827 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/site-of-special-scientific-interest-sssi-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"site of special scientific interest sssi\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/site-of-special-scientific-interest-sssi-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/examchum.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/site-of-special-scientific-interest-sssi-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/examchum.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/site-of-special-scientific-interest-sssi.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A <b>Site of Special Scientific Interest<\/b>\u00a0(<b>SSSI<\/b>) in\u00a0Great Britain\u00a0\u00a0is a\u00a0conservation designation\u00a0denoting a\u00a0protected area extremely valuable for its flora, fauna, physiological and geological features. SSSI\/ASSIs are the basic building block of site-based\u00a0nature conservation\u00a0legislation and most other legal nature\/geological conservation designations in the United Kingdom are based upon them, including\u00a0national nature reserves,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/ramsar-site\/\">Ramsar sites<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/special-protection-area\/\">Special Protection Areas (SPAs)<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/special-area-of-conservation\/\">Special Areas of Conservation (SACs)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The intentional or reckless damage of a SSSIs features or disturbance of its wildlife, is an offence.<\/p>\n<p>SSSIs include sites such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Species rich grasslands<\/li>\n<li>Coastal marshes<\/li>\n<li>Heath lands<\/li>\n<li>Ancient woodlands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sites notified for their\u00a0biological\u00a0interest are known as Biological SSSIs (or ASSIs), and those notified for geological or\u00a0physiographic\u00a0interest are Geological SSSIs (or ASSIs). Sites may be divided into management units, with some areas including units that are noted for both biological and geological interest.<\/p>\n<p>Natural England has responsibility for identifying and protecting SSSIs in England under the provisions of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5>READ MORE<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"gem-c-title__text gem-c-title__text--long\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/protected-areas-sites-of-special-scientific-interest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sites of special scientific interest: managing your land (Gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"e-font-xxl o-accented\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodlandtrust.org.uk\/blog\/2017\/07\/sssi-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSSI Definition: What is it and what does it mean for conservation and development? (Woodland Trust)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Site of Special Scientific Interest (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0Site of Special Scientific Interest\u00a0(SSSI) in\u00a0Great Britain\u00a0\u00a0is a\u00a0conservation designation\u00a0denoting a\u00a0protected area<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,19],"tags":[193,194,195,635,634],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is a Site Of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)? - ExamChum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A\u00a0Site of Special Scientific Interest\u00a0(SSSI) in\u00a0Great Britain\u00a0\u00a0is a\u00a0conservation designation\u00a0denoting a\u00a0protected area\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/sssi-site-of-special-scientific-interest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is a Site Of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)? 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