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The Conservation Geoportal is a collaborative effort by and for the conservation community to facilitate the discovery and publishing of geographic information systems (GIS) data and maps, to support conservation decisionmaking and education. It is primarily a data catalog, intended to provide a comprehensive listing of GIS data sets and map services... |
Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF) Categories: Data Sources | Remote Sensing
The Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF) provides earth science data and products to help everyone to better understand global environmental systems. In particular, the GLCF develops and distributes remotely sensed satellite data and products that explain land cover from the local to global scales.... |
Categories: Data Sources | Remote Sensing
The CGIAR-CSI GeoPortal is able to provide SRTM 90m Digital Elevation Data for the entire world. The SRTM digital elevation data, produced by NASA originally, is a major breakthrough in digital mapping of the world, and provides a major advance in the accessibility of high quality elevation data for large portions of the tropics and other areas of... |
World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) Categories: Data Sources | Protected Areas
The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is compiled from multiple sources and is the most comprehensive global dataset on marine and terrestrial protected areas available. ... |
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Categories: Species Databases | Data Sources
GBIF is a global network of data providers that builds biodiversity information infrastructure and promotes the growth of biodiversity information content on the Internet by working with partner initiatives and coordinating activities worldwide. Future generations depend on the efforts made today to develop methods for sustainably... |
Sub-Saharan Africa Biodiversity Network (SABIN) Categories: Species Databases | Data Sources
In 2007, the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) has started the SABIN (Sub-Saharan Africa Biodiversity Network) initiative. Its aim is the development, the installation and the maintenance of a network of databases on biodiversity, in cooperation with scientific institutions located in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2008, this initiative... |
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Kenya Birdfinder is an Internet-based spatial database about birds, their science and their distribution, that allows users from anywhere in the world to input and query Kenyan bird data. The system provides the facility to download data into Excel and analyse them for personal requirements.... |
Categories: Data Sources | GIS
The Geography Network is a global network of geographic information users and providers. It provides the infrastructure needed to support the sharing of geographic information among data providers, service providers, and users around the world. Through the Geography Network, you can access many types of geographic content including dynamic maps, downloadable... |
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GRID-Arendal is an official United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) collaborating centre, supporting informed decision making and awareness-raising through: * Environmental information management and assessment * Capacity building services * Outreach and communication tools, methodologies and products |
Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE) Categories: Data Sources | GIS
The strategic objective of CARPE is to reduce the rate of forest degradation and loss of biodiversity in the Congo Basin by increasing local, national, and regional natural resource management capacity. |
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