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.

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.

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

To provide a raster representation of urban areas (or urban mask) for use with GRUMP population grids or other data sets.

To provide populated place (point) data with consistent population estimates.

To provide a time series of raster population density data for data integration.

To provide a time series of raster population data for ntegration with other data sets

To permit the summation of population values by country/territory and, in combination with other data layers, the summation of population values by irregular areas represented in the other data layers and country/territory.

To permit cartographic display of countries and territories that exactly match the GRUMPv1 population surfaces

To provide land area data for use with GRUMPv1 population and urban data as well as a quantitative measure of resolution of the input spatial units for GRUMPv1.

To permit cartographic display of coastlines that exactly match the GRUMPv1 population surfaces.

To provide search and retrieval of texts of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs)

To provide information on the medium and long term plans for China's national economic and social development.

To provide a continuous surface of concentrations (micrograms per cubic meter) of particulate matter of 2.5 micrometers or smaller (PM2.5) for health and environmental research.

To provide phosphorus fertilizer application data that can be used in socioeconomic and ecological modeling and to explore anthropogenic activities on ecosystems.

To provide nitrogen in manure production data that can be used in socioeconomic and ecological modeling and to explore anthropogenic activities on ecosystems.

To provide data to gauge broad similarities and differences of national progress on sustainability of countries, over time and relative to other nations.

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

To provide data that address the key issues of sustainability by combining indicators of human wellbeing with those of environmental sustainability to generate a more comprehensive picture of the state of the world.

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