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+[[File:Gwent AOS.png|thumb|{{legend|#BF97BF|Gwent AOS}}]]
-{{Hatnote|For data relating to SSSIs in this Area of Search see  [[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Blaenau Gwent]], [[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Caerphilly|Caerphilly]], [[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Monmouthshire|Monmouthshire]], [[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Newport|Newport]], and [[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Torfaen|Torfaen]].}}
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+Lists of [[Sites of Special Scientific Interest]] in [[Gwent (county)|Gwent]] comprise:
-[[File:Gwent AOS.png|thumb|{{legend|#BF97BF|Gwent AOS}}]] [[Sites of Special Scientific Interest|SSSIs]] in the UK are [[SSSI notification|notified]] using the concept of an [[Area of Search]] (AOS), an area of between {{convert|400|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and {{convert|4000|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} in size.<ref>Joint Nature Conservation Committee (1998 revision); ''Guidelines for the Selection of Biological SSSIs'', section 4.11, p. 17. {{ISBN|1873701721}}.</ref> The Areas of Search were conceived and developed between 1975 and 1979 by the [[Nature Conservancy Council]] (NCC), based on regions created by the [[Local Government Act 1972]].<ref>Joint Nature Conservation Committee (1998 revision); ''Guidelines for the Selection of Biological SSSIs'', section 4.5, pp. 14–15. {{ISBN|1873701721}}.</ref> Whereas England had its Areas of Search based on 46 counties, those in Wales were based on a combination of the counties and smaller districts. In 1974, Wales was divided into 8 counties, with 37 [[Districts of Wales|districts]]. The NCC created 12 Welsh Areas of Search; they mostly follow county borders, but the larger counties ([[Dyfed]], [[Powys]] and [[Gwynedd]]) were divided into multiple Areas using district borders. [[Mid Glamorgan|Mid]] and [[South Glamorgan]] were merged into a single AOS, whilst [[Llanelli (district)|Llanelli district]] was included in the [[West Glamorgan]] AOS.
-Due to subsequent local government reorganisation in the UK since 1972, many counties and districts have been divided, merged or renamed. Using the AOS system alone would make it difficult to search for individual SSSI citations via the [[Countryside Council for Wales]] (CCW) database without knowing 1972 region divisions. As a result, the CCW groups Welsh SSSIs using the [[Local government in Wales|subdivisions of Wales]] formed in April 1996 by the [[Local Government (Wales) Act 1994]], resulting in 22 [[Principal areas#Wales|principal areas]].
-Gwent AOS lies within the counties of [[Blaenau Gwent]], [[Caerphilly County Borough|Caerphilly]], [[Monmouthshire]], [[District of Newport|Newport]], and [[Torfaen]].
-For SSSIs elsewhere in the UK, see [[List of SSSIs by Area of Search]].
-==See also==
 *[[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Blaenau Gwent]]
-*[[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Caerphilly]]
+*[[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Caerphilly County Borough]]
 *[[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Monmouthshire]]
 *[[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Newport]]
 *[[List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Torfaen]]
+{{Protected areas of Wales|state=collapsed}}
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{list of lists| geography |listcat=Lists of Sites of Special Scientific Interest|sort=Gwent}}
-{{Protected areas of Wales}}
 [[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gwent| ]]