A Site of Special Scientific Interest (Chinese: 具特殊科學價值地點) or SSSI is a special area to protect wildlife, habitats and geographic features based on scientific interest in Hong Kong.[1] Scientific interests are special features relating to animal life, plant life, geology and/or geography. After being identified by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, these areas are documented by the Planning Department and added to maps. From 1975 to 2005, 67 locations were designated SSSIs throughout Hong Kong.[2]
List of SSSIs
Note: Sites marked with asterisk (*) indicate designation for geological rather than biological interest. Sites marked with # indicate designation for geological and biological interest.
See also
- SSSI, (Site of Special Scientific Interest). A similar terminology being used in United Kingdom, from which the SSSI of Hong Kong originates.
- Zapovednik, similar sites in the former USSR.
References
- ^ "Sites of special scientific interest". www.afcd.gov.hk. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Figure 3 : Sites of Special Scientific Interest (sourced from data by Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department)". Plan Ref No.M/SP/09/65. Planning Department. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department Annual Report 2015-2016
- ^ Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department Report 2007-2008
- ^ Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department: Lin Ma Hang Lead Mine (Lower Cave)
Further reading
- Leung, Yee-ching, "A study of sites of special scientific interest", Postgraduate Thesis, Master of Science (Environmental Management), University of Hong Kong, 2007
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sites of Special Scientific Interest (Hong Kong).
- "Register of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs)". Planning Department. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023.
- WWF factsheet: Hong Kong Sites of Special Scientific Interest (Copy 1) (Copy 2)
- Map of the Site of Special Scientific Interest, updated in August 2010