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EXPLORE RESOURCESDownload Dataset The Global Mangrove Watch (GMW) was initiated as part of the JAXA K...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential impacts of climate change on ...
The World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA) is the mo...
Over the 21st century, the temperature of the earth's surface is likely to increase by ...
Download Dataset This dataset is the most comprehensive global dataset of warm-water c...
Climate change is expected to alter the distribution of habitats and thus the distribut...
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Many attempts to predict the potential range of species rely on environmental niche (or...
This dataset, compiled from various sources at UNEP-WCMC, shows the current extent of g...
There are six main, global-scale biodiversity-related multilateral environmental agre...
Download dataset The original dataset developed by the MA is a subset of the aridity zo...
This publication presents a series of guidelines that have been produced to support t...
Download Dataset This dataset displays the extent of our knowledge regarding the dis...
Dataset Download This map is a simplified representation of the eight Biogeographical R...
Download Dataset This dataset shows of the global distribution of cold-water corals. O...
Global spatially explicit characterization of 47 (version 001) terrestrial habitat type...
There are currently 36 recognized biodiversity hotspots. These are Earth’s most biologi...
Holdridge’s work was aimed to correlate world plant formations with simple climatic dat...
This dataset uses a combination of freely available data layers to develop a new global...
Download Dataset This dataset combines two separately published datasets: the “Mari...
Udvardy's map of biogeographical provinces. There are three versions of the dataset ...
Download Dataset The dataset contains five layers. One each for the 1996, 2007, 2010 ...
Download Dataset This dataset shows the global distribution of seamounts and knolls i...
Advancements in animal tracking technology are enabling far greater data collection on ...
The International Finance Corporation’s (IFC’s) Performance Standard 6 (PS6) is one of ...
Ecoregions, in the simplest definition, are ecosystems of regional extent. Specifically...
Download Dataset The dataset shows the global patterns of marine biodiversity (speci...
This dataset provides spatial representation for the 234 “Data Sheet Sites” in the Cent...
Although ocean islands are ubiquitous on the planet, and are homes to a stunning variet...
In order to describe the human pressures on the biodiversity component of nature, we us...
Download Dataset The purpose of the work, which began in 1976, was to show how the nat...
Download Dataset This dataset shows the known locations of sea turtle nesting sites,...
Depletion of biodiversity was defined as a decrease in species and habitat intactness, ...
Download Dataset The Reefs at Risk Revisited report provides a detailed assessment of...
To provide a global context for a discussion of mountain forests, it is first necessary...
To produce this map, topographical data from the GTOPO30 global digital elevation model...
Download Dataset This dataset shows the location of tropical montane cloud forest sites...
The main aim of ChEss is to determine the biogeography of deep-water chemosynthetic eco...
This dataset shows the global distribution of islands. This dataset has been substantia...
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Download Dataset The global biogeographic classification presented by Olson et al. (20...
The business case for restoration is growing, and there is increasing evidence that the...
Access latest version This dataset shows the modelled distribution of sperm whales (P...
Holdridge’s work was aimed to correlate world plant formations with simple climatic dat...
Global relative rate of natural capital depletion of soil and sediments, measured throu...
This dataset was created show the original habitat types as they were before man's infl...
Download Dataset The dataset contains global maps of tidal flat ecosystems produced v...
The dataset shows the global distribution of islands greater than about 0.06 sq-km. The...
Hotspots of potential depletion of marine natural capital were identified by overlaying...
Overlapping hotspots of depletion of stocks of natural capital asssets (atmosphere, wat...
Download Dataset This dataset shows the known locations of sea turtle feeding sites,...
Access latest version This dataset shows the modelled distribution of bowhead whales (...
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Restoration is a long-term process, and for it to be as efficient and effective as poss...
Access latest version This dataset shows the modelled distribution of grey seals (Hali...
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Depletion of water was defined as a decrease in the quantity and quality of water resou...
Global relative rate of natural capital depletion of the atmosphere, measured through t...
Access latest version This dataset shows the modelled distribution of sei whales (Ba...
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This dataset shows the global distribution of dive centres, some of which are PADI (Pro...
The mountains dataset has been overlaid with a global data set on percent tree cover ta...
Potential distribution of land cover classes (Potential Natural Vegetation) at 250 m sp...
Access latest version This dataset shows the modelled distribution of Hector's dolphins...
Access latest version This dataset shows the modelled distribution of Hawaiian monk se...
This dataset provides spatial representation for the 234 “Data Sheet Sites” in the Cent...