Site of Special Scientific Interest
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A site of special scientific interest (SSSI) in Great Britain, or an area of special scientific interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland, is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man. SSSI/ASSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in the United Kingdom are based upon them, including national nature reserves, Ramsar sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Areas of Conservation. The acronym "SSSI" is often pronounced "triple-S I".[1]
"SSSI" redirects here. For other uses, see SSSI (disambiguation).
This article is about Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the UK. For Hong Kong SSSIs, see Site of Special Scientific Interest (Hong Kong).