A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is a type of legal conservation given to an area in the United Kingdom. They are sites of biological or geological interest, or both.
A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is a special piece of land chosen because of its important plants, animals, or natural features. It's picked under a law called the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981). Only places chosen under this law after 1981 are counted.