56 datasets found

This report integrates findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessments related to current state and future trends of desertification and its impacts on ecosystems and human...

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is a four-year international scientific assessment of the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being. A multisectoral Board...

Ecosystems and Human Well-being: A Framework for Assessment is the first product of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), a four-year international work program designed to...

Marine, coastal and freshwater ecosystems are complex and characterized by different outcomes and by the potential of rapid change, they present also linkages and tradeoffs...

Vital Signs (VS) was designed to address this challenge by providing integrated, near real-time measurements of agriculture, ecosystem services, and human well-being. These...

This indicator represents the amount of carbon that could be sequestrated (i.e., prevented from entering the atmosphere as carbon dioxide) if deforestation were halted in...

This indicator represents the amount of carbon that could be sequestrated (i.e., prevented from entering the atmosphere as carbon dioxide) if deforestation were halted in...

Water stress 2020 - Aqueducts

Water Stress 2040 - Business As Usual

The City Water Map (CWM) contains information on the water sources for 534 cities internationally. The intake layer shown here includes information about the water intake. or...

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the carbon that remains in the soil after partial decomposition of any material produced by living organisms (in Mg/ha). It constitutes a key...

Mangrove forests are considered some of the most carbon-dense ecosystems in the world with most of the carbon stored in the soil. In order for mangrove forests to be included in...

This dataset provides estimate of the potential increase in soil organic carbon within the top 30 cm of soil in croplands after 20 years, following implementation of better land...

An Intact Forest Landscape (IFL) is a seamless mosaic of forest and naturally treeless ecosystems within the zone of current forest extent, which exhibit no remotely detected...

This dataset provides estimate of the potential increase in soil organic carbon within the top 30 cm of soil in croplands after 20 years, following implementation of better land...

This analysis of 35 years’ worth of satellite data (at approximately 25 square kilometer resolution at the equator) provides a comprehensive record of global land-change...