Geological_Conservation_Review_sites

The majority of GCR sites, therefore, now have statutory protection through designation as notified features in SSSIs. In these cases the GCR site boundary indicates the extent of the Earth science interest within the SSSI. Some GCR sites, however, remain unnotified and are known as unnotified GCR sites. National Park Authorities and some Local Authorities treat these as candidate SSSIs and afford them the same protection as SSSIs. Some unnotified GCR sites are also Local Geodiversity Sites (LGS), and as such they are afforded levels of protection appropriate to locally important sites (though they are, themselves, considered to be of national or international importance). The remaining unnotified GCR sites have no statutory protection, although they are considered to be sites of national or international importance. Initially developed between 1977 and 1990, the GCR network is periodically updated and this dataset is subject to change. Boundaries of GCR sites are often not co-incident with SSSIs. More information: https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/local-designations/geological-conservation-review-sites Complete metadata on spatialdata.gov.scot因此，绝大多数地质保护审查（Geological Conservation Review, GCR）站点目前已通过被指定为具特殊科学价值地点（Site of Special Scientific Interest, SSSI）内的已申报保护单元而获得法定保护。在此类情形下，GCR站点的边界划定了该SSSI内具备地球科学研究价值的区域范围。不过仍有部分GCR站点未完成申报，被称为未申报GCR站点。国家公园管理机构及部分地方当局将此类站点视为候选SSSI，并给予其与SSSI同等的保护待遇。部分未申报的GCR站点同时也是地方地质多样性站点（Local Geodiversity Sites, LGS），因此可获得适配地方重要站点的保护等级——尽管此类站点本身被认定具有国家或国际层面的科研价值。剩余的未申报GCR站点则不具备法定保护地位，即便它们本身被认定具有国家或国际层面的科研价值。GCR网络最初于1977年至1990年间筹建完成，目前会定期进行更新，本数据集亦可能发生变更。GCR站点的边界通常与SSSI的边界并不重合。更多信息请访问：https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/protected-areas/local-designations/geological-conservation-review-sites 完整元数据可于spatialdata.gov.scot查询