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Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, v 1 (2001 – 2006) Anthropogenic Biomes, v 1 Website Download Maps (7) WMS (1) More... To provide information on global land use for research on human-environment interactions.		Birds of the Americas Family Richness Grids, v 1 (2005 – 2007) Gridded Species Distribution, v 1 Website Download Maps (3) More... To provide provide information on the number of bird species present at a 1 kilometer spatial resolution which can be used in modeling efforts, wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, policy-making, biodiversity studies and human-environment interactions.

Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, v 1 (2001 – 2006)

Anthropogenic Biomes, v 1

To provide information on global land use for research on human-environment interactions.

Birds of the Americas Family Richness Grids, v 1 (2005 – 2007)

Gridded Species Distribution, v 1

To provide provide information on the number of bird species present at a 1 kilometer spatial resolution which can be used in modeling efforts, wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, policy-making, biodiversity studies and human-environment interactions.

Map Collections (10) View All...

Anthropogenic Biomes, v1

Gridded Species Distribution, v1

Last of the Wild, v2

Indicators of Coastal Water Quality

Featured Data Uses (2)

Africa Human Footprint Map

National Geographic

A map of SEDAC′s the Human Footprint illustrates the extent to which Africa′s land area is influenced by humans.

Scorecard on the Environment

NASA DAAC Alliance Web Site

Sensing Our Planet: NASA Earth Science Research Features 2008 features an article on how SEDAC data was used for the 2008 Environmental Performance Index and other environmental assessments; CIESIN’s Marc Levy is interviewed.

SEDAC

Hosted by CIESIN at The Earth Institute of Columbia University

NASA