Without SSSI's there would of been a greater loss of habitat throughout the UK and it is not just large urban developmeents that destroy our landscape. Modern agriculture is also destroying thousands of acres of our open countryside.

SSSI’s can range from just a small field to whole mountain ranges, some have strict rules and others are more relaxed.

Now we have left Europe and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) we can change our farming subsidy system from paying farmers for how much land they own and how much food they can produce to actually getting paid to protect and enhance wildlife whilst producing food. 

Britain is a fairly small country and we have done a pretty good job of destroying its wild life over the last few centuries. 

SSSI’s are here to protect the very rarest of landscapes and habitats and have to be strict in there management. There is a set of management rules and objectives for each individual SSSI and these rules and objectives are there to protect the SSSI as it was first designated.