Conservation Designations
Sites of nature conservation
interest are usually given a designation to protect and identify them. These
designations vary greatly in the amount of protection they give. The different
designations are issued by different bodies, and often for different reasons.
Nature Conservation Designations:
• Site
of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
• Local Nature Reserve (LNR)
• National Nature Reserve (NNR)
• Marine Nature Reserve (MNR)
• Local Designations: eg Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC)
• Regionally Important
Geological Sites (RIGS)
Landscape Designations:
• National Park
• Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
• Heritage Coasts
• National Scenic
Areas
Other Designations:
• Green
Belt
• Country Park
• Village
Green
• Common Land
The History
of Conservation Legislation in the UK: an article giving some history of
UK legislation since 1949, including useful sections on SSSIs.
• Special
Area of Conservation (SAC)
• Special Protection
Area (SPA)
• World
Heritage Site
• Ramsar Site
• Biosphere Reserve
• England
Rural Development Programme: a range of schemes which affect agricultural
land in England (Similar schemes exist in other UK countries). Almost every
national government land-based grant scheme can be found here.
• Environmentally
Sensitive Area.
• Nitrate
Vulnerable Zones (NVZ).
• Nitrate
Sensitive Area (NSA): now closed to new entries although old schemes still
running - not to be confused with National Scenic Area. See instead NVZs.
• Scheduled
Ancient Monument (SAM)
• Conservation
Area
• Rural Development
Areas (RDAs)
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