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SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature / geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon them, including National Nature Reserves, Ramsar Sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Areas of Conservation.
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SSSIs and are
There are a further 81 SSSIs, which cover 66 % or more of the land surfaces of Fair Isle, Papa Stour, Fetlar, Noss and Foula.
There are over 750 km² of Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ) in the area, as well as National Nature Reserves at Caerlaverock and in Cumbria.
Sites notified for their biological interest are known as Biological SSSIs, and those notified for geological or physiographic interest are Geological SSSIs.
SSSIs may be divided into management units, with some SSSI areas including units that are notified for both biological and geological interest.
In England, the designating body for SSSIs, Natural England, selects biological SSSIs from within Natural Areas which are areas with particular landscape and ecological characteristics, or on a county basis.
Geological SSSIs are selected by a different mechanism to biological SSSIs, with a minimalistic system selecting one site for each geological feature in Great Britain.
Almost all GCR sites ( but no other sites ) are subsequently notified as geological SSSIs, except some that coincide with designated biological SSSI management units.
SSSIs are also covered under the Water Resources Act 1991 and related legislation.
SSSIs are not necessarily open to the public, nor are they necessarily owned by a conservation organisation or by the British government — in fact, their access and ownership are no different from the rest of the countryside.
Local planning authorities are required to have policies in their development plans which protect SSSIs.
The owners and occupiers of SSSIs are required to consult the appropriate conservation body if they want to carry out ( or permit ) activities on the land.
In Great Britain, SPAs ( and SACs ) designated on land or in the intertidal area are normally also notified as Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ), and in Northern Ireland as Areas of Special Scientific Interest ( ASSIs ).
A further 800 areas have special designation and a further 100 are Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ).
Most SSSIs are privately owned and occupied, and through discussions and management agreements CCW attempts to ensure that the wildlife value of sites is retained and enhanced.
Twelve Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ) that include wetland habitats are located within the Mole catchment area and the stretch of river through Leatherhead has been designated a Local Nature Reserve.
There are ongoing debates between the authority and farmers over the biological monitoring of SSSIs, showing the need for a controlled regime of grazing and burning ; farmers claim that these regimes are not practical or effective in the long term.
SSSIs and nature
It includes a National Nature Reserve ( NNR ), 19 SSSIs ( Some subdivided in the list of sites below ), 4 GCR sites of International geological importance plus a further 6 GCR sites, 13 Regionally Important Geological Sites ( RIGS ), 5 Local Nature Reserves ( LNRs ), 7 Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust ( LRWT ) nature reserves, and 1 Woodland Trust woodland.
SSSIs and conservation
Geological SSSIs fall into two types, having different conservation priorities:
It advises the Scottish Government and acts as a government agent in the delivery of conservation designations, i. e. National Nature Reserves, Local Nature Reserves, Long Distance Routes, National Parks, Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ), Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas and the National Scenic Area.
2000-The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 strengthened protection of SSSIs ; by increased English Nature's enforcement power ( allowed to combat neglect, prevent damaging activity, make public bodies responsible for conservation and enhancement of SSSIs ) and increasing penalties for damage to a maximum of £ 20, 000 per offence ( along with court power to order restoration if damage occurs ).
2009-The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 allowed the creation of marine conservation zones and with the consent of the secretary of state, the creation of SSSIs below mean low water mark.
In addition, 67 Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ) have been listed to recognize the scientific importance of these sites and to ensure that due consideration to conservation is given when developments in or near these sites are proposed.
SSSIs and most
* civil action-in most serious cases where all other options have been explored, Natural England can take civil action to claim possession of SSSIs under serious threat.
SSSIs and other
The formal notification of SSSIs is made to a number of different people: central government, local planning authorities, all the owners and occupiers of the land, and various other public bodies, such as water companies.
The law protects the interest features of SSSIs from development, from other damage, and ( since 2000 ) also from neglect.
North Queensferry is bounded by two sites of special scientific interest ( SSSIs ), one being the shoreline of the Firth of Forth, an SSSI for its entire extent on both north and south shores, and the other the Carlingnose Point Nature Reserve.
The River Wye abuts a range of other SSSIs in England and in Wales.
At this is large when compared against other lowland terrestrial SSSIs and is the second largest area of calcareous grassland in Hampshire.
SSSIs and legal
SSSIs were originally set up by the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949, but the current legal framework for SSSIs is provided by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, amended in 1985 and further substantially amended in 2000 ( by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 ), in Scotland by the Nature Conservation ( Scotland ) Act 2004 and in Northern Ireland by the Nature Conservation and Amenity Lands ( Northern Ireland ) Order 1985.
The effect was, for example to allow control of legal trail biking on SSSIs ( where damaging to the interest ), but not illegal trail biking.
SSSIs and /
It includes four SSSIs, formerly known as Cheddar Gorge SSSI, August Hole / Longwood Swallet SSSI, GB Cavern Charterhouse SSSI and Charterhouse on-Mendip SSSI.
SSSIs and geological
Purely geological SSSIs often have much shorter OLD lists.
Southerham Grey Pit and Southerham Machine Bottom Pit are two more SSSIs of geological interest within the parish.
SSSIs and designations
The same unique ecology and geomorphology has let to a number of designations of SSSIs along the strait including Glannau Porthaethwy, the ivy-oak-ash woodland on the southern shore ( Coedydd Afon Menai ) and Lavan Sands ( Traeth Lafan ).
SSSIs and based
* SSSI Citation Search website article to find SSSIs based on contents of the citation-useful for locating species.
SSSIs and upon
In short, the act gives protection to native species ( especially those at threat ), controls the release of non-native species, enhances the protection of SSSIs and builds upon the rights of way rules in the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.
SSSIs and including
The scheme, which was supported by the South East England Regional Assembly and by the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott was opposed by English Nature who highlighted the damage to a number of Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ), including the High Weald area of outstanding natural beauty.
SSSIs and National
At the time of the passing of the Wildlife and Countryside Act in 1981 many SSSIs were already in existence, having been notified over the previous decades under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 strengthened protection of SSSIs introduced by the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.
SSSIs and Nature
* Nature Conservancy Council ( 1989 ) Guidelines for selection of biological SSSIs ISBN 0-86139-544-1
The Mole catchment area includes twelve Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ) which include wetland habitats and the stretch of river through Leatherhead has been designated a Local Nature Reserve.
English Nature has designated Shibdon Pond as one of Tyne and Wear's Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ).
Of these SSSIs 79 % are deemed by English Nature to be being positively managed.
* English Nature SSSIs site
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