area, special, scientific, interest, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, august, 2018,. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Area of special scientific interest news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message An area of special scientific interest or ASSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in Northern Ireland ASSIs are the equivalent of sites of special scientific interest SSSIs in the rest of the United Kingdom Newry River and Shipping Canal Area shown is within Carlingford Lough Area of Special Scientific Interest They are the basic building block of site based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature geological conservation designations in Northern Ireland are based upon them including national nature reserves Ramsar sites Special Protection Areas and Special Areas of Conservation See also editConservation in the United Kingdom List of SSSIs by Area of Search List of ASSIs in Northern Ireland Joint Nature Conservation CommitteeReferences editExternal links editEnvironment amp Heritage Service Northern Ireland clickable map plus notes of Areas of Special Scientific Interest in Northern Ireland nbsp This Northern Ireland related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Area of special scientific interest amp oldid 1041808641, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
