Global Critical Habitat Screening Layer

This screening layer shows the global spatial distribution of likely or potential Critical Habitat, as defined by the International Finance Corporation's Performance Standard 6 (IFC PS6) criteria.  The composite Critical Habitat layer draws on 20 global-scale datasets, of which 12 datasets sup...

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Source https://resources.unep-wcmc.org/products/a00f3485693148c196f5db7f37f7a7ff
Author UNEP-WCMC
Maintainer UNEP-WCMC
Last Updated March 9, 2023, 14:17 (UTC)
Created March 9, 2023, 12:16 (UTC)
GUID unep-wcmc-rsrc-geospatial-dataset-a00f3485693148c196f5db7f37f7a7ff
Issued 2022-06-08T14:03:23.464+00:00
Language en
Modified 2023-02-22T15:34:51.978+00:00
Publisher email info@unep-wcmc.org
Publisher name UNEP-WCMC
Theme Geospatial Dataset
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citation UNEP-WCMC (2017) Global Critical Habitat screening layer (Version 1.0). Cambridge (UK): UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre. https://doi.org/10.34892/nc6d-0z73.
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date_published 2017-01-01
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short_description The International Finance Corporation’s (IFC’s) Performance Standard 6 (PS6) is one of the most influential biodiversity standards of current time, particularly within large-scale infrastructure and the extractive sector. Within PS6, biodiversity significance is articulated through the concept of “Critical Habitat,” a definition developed by the IFC and detailed through criteria aligned with those that support internationally accepted biodiversity designations. Critical Habitat criteria identify habitats of significant importance to threatened, endemic, congregatory and migratory species, threatened or unique ecosystems, and key evolutionary processes. PS6 requires projects to achieve net gains in the biodiversity values for which Critical Habitat is identified. The global screening layer has been developed to assess the likelihood of sites or operations being located within PS6-defined Critical Habitat in the early project scoping phases.