The Scottish Environment Statistics - 1998

6. CONSERVATION

Table 6.12 Sites with Section 15 Management Agreements with SNH, 19971 Authority Number of No of SSSIs Total area agreements with agreements (hectares) Scotland 704 375 194,123.2 Aberdeenshire 17 15 2,390.7 Angus 16 11 441.6 Argyll and Bute 99 35 22,633.2 Clackmannanshire 3 2 45.4 Dumfries & Galloway 52 36 9,933.2 Dundee City 2 1 39.9 East Dunbartonshire 1 1 32.7 East Lothian 5 4 61.9 Eilean Siar2 16 9 334.2 Falkirk 1 1 12.9 Fife 18 15 735.3 Highland 222 96 125,805.1 Inverclyde 2 2 48.1 Midlothian 2 2 29.9 Moray 21 13 2,229.9 North Ayrshire 1 1 16.8 North Lanarkshire 7 4 128.7 Orkney Islands 50 13 5,563.8 Perth and Kinross 42 37 1,708.5 Renfrewshire 2 1 5.9 Scottish Borders 17 15 5,811.9 Shetland Islands 45 18 4,401.6 South Ayrshire 10 6 900.0 South Lanarkshire 33 19 5,167.8 Stirling 17 15 5407.9 West Lothian 3 3 236.3 Source: Scottish Natural Heritage 1 Where agreements and sites lie in more than one local authority area, they are recorded more than once. 2 The former Western Isles Council changed its name on 2 September 1997