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

To provide pixel-level land and water surface area estimates.

To provide context for the population count and density rasters, and explicit information on the spatial precision of the input boundary data.

To provide pixel-level land and water surface area estimates.

To provide context for the population count and density rasters, and explicit information on the spatial precision of the input boundary data.

To provide a database with observed responses to climate change for multidisciplinary studies.

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

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

To provide a preliminary assessment of coastal Ramsar Sites that are at risk to inundation as a consequence of sea level rise.

To provide information on the status of country participation in international environmental agreements.

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

To provide a geographically explicit and reliable database of reservoirs for the scientific community.

To provide a geographically explicit and reliable database of dams for the scientific community.

To provide data on the extent of croplands for research on human-environment interactions.

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

To provide data that can assist in the extraction and analysis of chlorophyll-a concentration and trends from global grids.

To provide a database with observed responses to climate change for multidisciplinary studies.

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.

To create a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability and to provide a mechanism for making environmental management more quantitative, empirically grounded and systematic.

To preserve access to the original biodiversity data used by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) and other related research.