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Environmental Performance Index, 2008 Release (1994 – 2007)

Environmental Performance Index (EPI)

To provide quantitative metrics for evaluating a country's environmental performance in different policy categories relative to clearly defined targets.

Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, v1 (2001 – 2006)

Anthropogenic Biomes

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

Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates (PLACE), v2 (1990, 2000)

National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection (NAGDC)

To provide tabular data on environmental conditions (elevations, climate, coastal) in which people reside.

Urban-Rural Population Estimates, v1 (2000)

Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ)

To provide estimates of urban and rural populations and land areas in the low elevation coastal zone.

Complete Collection, v1.01 (1973 – 2005)

Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicators

To make the acquisition, comparison and analysis of sustainability indicators easier by compiling them in a single database, incorporating multiple country codes, and condensing the indicator descriptions into short methodological summaries in an accompanying data dictionary.

Synthetic Assessment of Global Distribution of Vulnerability to Climate Change, v1 (2005, 2050, 2100)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

To provide geographical portraits of vulnerability designed to incorporate both exposure to climate change and national capacities to adapt.

Pilot Environmental Performance Index, 2006 Release (1994 – 2006)

Environmental Performance Index (EPI)

To provide quantitative metrics for evaluating a country's environmental performance in different policy categories relative to clearly defined targets.

National Footprint Accounts, 2006 Release (2003)

Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicators

To help assess a country's demand on and supply of biological capital.

Ancillary Data, v1 (1990 – 2005)

Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicators

To provide population estimates, gross domestic product, and surface area data to be used in conjunction with the sustainability indicators included in the compendium.

Last of the Wild (IGHP), v2 (1995 – 2004)

Last of the Wild, v2

To provide an updated map of wild areas in Interrupted Goode Homosoline Projection which can be used for wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, and research on human-environment interactions.

Global Human Influence Index (Geographic), v2 (1995 – 2004)

Last of the Wild, v2

To provide an updated map of anthropogenic impacts on the environment in geographic projection which can be used in wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, and research on human-environment interactions.

Global Human Influence Index (IGHP), v2 (1995 – 2004)

Last of the Wild, v2

To provide an updated map of anthropogenic impacts on the environment in the Interrupted Goode Homosoline Projection which can be used in wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, and research on human-environment interactions.

Last of the Wild (Geographic), v2 (1995 – 2004)

Last of the Wild, v2

To provide an updated map of wild areas in geographic projection which can be used in wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, and research on human-environment interactions.

Global Human Footprint (IGHP), v2 (1995 – 2004)

Last of the Wild, v2

To provide an updated map of anthropogenic impacts on the environment in Interrupted Goode Homosoline Projection which can be used in wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, and research on human-environment interactions.

Global Human Footprint (Geographic), v2 (1995 – 2004)

Last of the Wild, v2

To provide an updated map of anthropogenic impacts on the environment in geographic projection which can be used in wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, and research on human-environment interactions.

Global Volcano Mortality Risks and Distribution, v1 (2000)

Natural Disaster Hotspots

To provide a means of assessing global volcano mortality risks and distribution.

Global Volcano Total Economic Loss Risk Deciles, v1 (2000)

Natural Disaster Hotspots

To provide a spatial surface of the total economic impacts of global volcano hazard.

Global Multihazard Total Economic Loss Risk Deciles, v1 (2000)

Natural Disaster Hotspots

To identify areas of the world that are at greater risk of multihazard total economic loss.

Global Volcano Hazard Frequency and Distribution, v1 (1979 – 2000)

Natural Disaster Hotspots

To provide a means of assessing the relative distribution and frequency of global volcano hazard.

Global Multihazard Frequency and Distribution, v1 (2000)

Natural Disaster Hotspots

To provide insight into the frequency and distribution of multihazard events.

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