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Global Development Potential Indices, v1 (2016)

Land Use and Land Cover

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To provide spatially-explicit data that relatively rank global land suitability referred to as Development Potential Indices (DPIs) for 13 sectors related to renewable energy, fossil fuels, mining and agriculture as an aid to conservation priority setting.

Global Human Modification of Terrestrial Systems, v1 (2016)

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To provide a cumulative measure of human modification of terrestrial lands based on modeling the physical extents of 13 anthropogenic stressors and their estimated impacts using spatially-explicit global data sets.

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Development Potential Indices (2016): Coal

Map: Development Potential Indices (2016): Coal
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Development Potential Indices (2016): Conventional Gas

Map: Development Potential Indices (2016): Conventional Gas
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Development Potential Indices (2016): Biofuels

Map: Development Potential Indices (2016): Biofuels
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Development Potential Indices (2016): Concentrated Solar Power

Map: Development Potential Indices (2016): Concentrated Solar Power
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Transboundary River Basins: Status and Trends

United Nations Environment Programme

For a new report assessing the environmental and socioeconomic conditions in 286 of the world’s transboundary river basins, SEDAC data were used in the calculation of several indicators: economic dependence on water resources, societal wellbeing levels, and the risk of climate-related hazards. The report is an outcome of the Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme, coordinated by the UNEP-DHI (Danish Hydrological Institute) Center on Waste and Environment in execution with international partners, for the Global Environmental Facility, with the aim of creating a baseline assessment of all transboundary water resources on Earth.

Scorecard on the Environment

NASA Earth Data 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.

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