Sites of Special Scientific Interest Guidelines Revised (link)
JNCC is in the process of revising Guidelines for selection of biological sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs). A number of newly-revised Chapters have recently been published.
The Guidelines for the Selection of Biological SSSIs provide a consistent rationale for the evaluation and selection of biological SSSIs throughout Great Britain.
The recently revised Chapters are:
– Chapter 2 Woodlands
– Chapter 4 Lowland heathland
– Chapter 6 Freshwater habitats
– Chapter 12 Bryophytes
– Chapter 13 Lichens and lichenicolous fungi and associated Appendix
– Chapter 14 Fungi (non-lichenised)
– Chapter 19 Freshwater and estuarine fish.
Further Chapters are subject to revision and these will be published when ready. Please note that minor changes to the updated chapters might be made in the future, to deal with consistency issues and to take account of new information.
Source: JNCC.