{"id":12683,"date":"2018-10-17T21:28:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T21:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/?p=12683"},"modified":"2018-10-17T22:55:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T22:55:20","slug":"special-area-of-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/special-area-of-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Special Area of Conservation (SAC)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A\u00a0<b>Special Area of Conservation<\/b>\u00a0(<b>SAC<\/b>) is defined in the\u00a0European Union&#8217;s\u00a0Habitats Directive\u00a0(92\/43\/EEC), also known as the &#8216;Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora&#8217;. They are to protect the 220 habitats and approximately 1000 species listed in annex I and II of the directive which are considered to be of European interest following criteria given in the directive. They must be chosen from the\u00a0Sites of Community Importance\u00a0by the State Members and designated SAC by an act assuring the conservation measures of the natural habitat.<\/p>\n<p>SACs complement\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/special-protection-area\/\">Special Protection Areas<\/a> (SPAs) and together form a network of protected sites across the\u00a0European Union\u00a0called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/natura-2000\/\">Natura 2000<\/a>. This, in turn, is part of the\u00a0Emerald network\u00a0of\u00a0Areas of Special Conservation Interest\u00a0(ASCIs) under the\u00a0Berne Convention.<\/p>\n<p>The Conservation (Natural Habitats) Regulations 1994 implement the terms of the Directive in Scotland, England and Wales. In\u00a0Great Britain, SPAs (and SACs) designated on land or in the\u00a0inter-tidal\u00a0area are normally also notified as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/sssi-site-of-special-scientific-interest\/\">Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs)<\/a>, and in\u00a0Northern Ireland\u00a0as Areas of Special Scientific Interest (ASSIs).[\/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 id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special_Area_of_Conservation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Special Area of Conservation (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jncc.defra.gov.uk\/page-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Special Area of Conservation\u00a0(JNCC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jncc.defra.gov.uk\/page-1374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Habitats Directive (JNCC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jncc.defra.gov.uk\/page-1373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birds\u00a0Directive (JNCC)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0Special Area of Conservation\u00a0(SAC) is defined in the\u00a0European Union&#8217;s\u00a0Habitats Directive\u00a0(92\/43\/EEC), also known as the &#8216;Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora&#8217;. <\/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":[314,646,193,194,195,645],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is a Special Area of Conservation (SAC)? 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