Sites of Special Scientific Interest (England)

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is the land notified as an SSSI under the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981), as amended. Sites notified under the 1949 Act only are not included in the Data set. SSSI are the finest sites for wildlife and natural features in England, supporting many characteristic, rare and endangered species, habitats and natural features. The data does Not include "proposed" sites. Boundaries are generally mapped against Ordnance Survey MasterMap Topography Layer. Full metadata can be viewed on data.gov.uk.特殊科学价值地点（Site of Special Scientific Interest，以下简称SSSI）指依据经修订的《1981年野生动物与乡村法》被正式公告为SSSI的土地。仅依据1949年法案认定的地点，未被纳入本数据集。SSSI是英格兰境内野生生物与自然景观领域最具保护价值的核心区域，孕育了大量典型、珍稀及濒危物种，以及各类栖息地与自然景观资源。本数据集不包含“拟议中”的候选地点。其边界通常以英国地形测量局（Ordnance Survey）主地图地形图层（MasterMap Topography Layer）为基准进行测绘标注。完整元数据可在data.gov.uk平台查询。