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SSSI
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SSSI (in Britain)
abbreviation for
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) site of special scientific interest: an area identified by the Nature Conservancy Council or its successors as having flora, fauna, or geological features of special interest


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Part of these SSSIs are also constituent elements of Teesmouth and the Cleveland SPA and RAMSAR site which extends conservation on it, all of which makes it impossible to locate a pier at this point.
The Government set Natural England a target to get 95% of SSSIs into at least "recovering status" by 2010.
SSSIs are afforded legal protection - through restrictions on activities and development - which has helped conserve habitats and wildlife in England that would otherwise be at risk of extinction.
 
 
 
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