The remote environmental screening dataset shows the level of risk of environmental conditions associated with pollutants storage sites. It relies on a methodology developed by FAO in the toolkit “Environmental Management Tool Kit for Obsolete Pesticides” (available here: http://www.fao.org/3/i0473e/i0473e.pdf) to calculate the environmental factor (Fe) of the pollutants storage sites. The FAO methodology has been modified and adapted by UNEP/GRID Geneva to include only questions with a geographical dimension for which good quality data exist at a satisfying resolution. The outcome consists in a remote environmental screening at country level (50 meters resolution) that is calculated as followed: Score risk= (natural disasters x 10) + (human settlements x 5) + (urban areas x 5) + (public facilities x 5) + (waterbodies x 5) + (crops x 3) + (protected areas x 1) More information about the UNEP/GRID methodology available on: https://owncloud.unepgrid.ch/index.php/s/5LPUDTxUEzIFka5

Source: The map is published on UNEP's South Sudan: First State of Environment and Outlook Report 2018 with a source identified as University of Maryland, 2018, no date indicated. The UNEP's report could be found <a href="https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/report/south-sudan-first-state-environment-and-outlook-report-2018" target="_blank"> here </a> <br><br>There are no reliable data on the extent of forests in South Sudan, since a detailed forest survey and inventory has never been carried out. Analyses based on remote sensing exist, which provide different estimates, but they have not been verified on the ground, so the accuracy of such products is unknown. The map is a satellite image that suggests the total area of tree cover in South Sudan is almost 20,000,000 ha (19,166,700 ha or 191,667 km2), which represents about 30 per cent of the country’s total land area (<a href="https://www.cbd.int/doc/world/ss/ss-nr-05-en.pdf" target="_blank"> MOE, 2015 </a>). This includes natural forests and woodlands, tropical moist forests on the hills, in the mountains and in the Nile-Congo watershed, and forests in National Parks and game reserves.

Source: Map created by EPI (Elephant Protection Initiative) with data from CIESIN, Columbia University, USA. The map is published on UNEP's South Sudan: First State of Environment and Outlook Report 2018, using data from WCS. The UNEP's report could be found <a href="https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/report/south-sudan-first-state-environment-and-outlook-report-2018" target=_blank> here </a> <br><br> The map shows the population distribution in South Sudan. Jonglei is the most populous area, with 16 per cent of the total population, and Western Bahr el Ghazal is the least populous area with only 4 per cent of the total. The highest population densities are along the Nile River and their tributaries.

EcoDRR global classification scheme based on spatial combination of ecosystem coverage and natural hazard physical exposure. The physical exposure data-set shows the product of hazard frequency and people exposed to this hazard in the same 100 square kilometer cell. For a specific natural hazard, a 0.01 degree resolution raster is generated, showing hazard annual frequency weighted with portion of pixel potentially affected. In the case of tropical cyclones, annual frequency is calculated using the category one of the Saffir-Simpson scale. It corresponds to the largest wind buffer of each past event footprint. Sources: The dataset includes an estimate of tropical cyclone frequency of Saffir-Simpson category 1. It is based on two sources: 1) IBTrACS v02r01 (1969 - 2008, http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ibtracs/), year 2009 completed by online data from JMA, JTWC, UNISYS, Meteo France and data sent by Alan Sharp from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 2) A GIS modeling based on an initial equation from Greg Holland, which was further modified to take into consideration the movement of the cyclones through time. Unit is expected average number of event per 100 years multiplied by 100. This product was designed by UNEP/GRID-Europe for the Global Assessment Report on Risk Reduction (GAR). It was modeled using global data. Credit: Raw data: IBTrACS, compilation and GIS processing UNEP/GRID-Europe.

The remote environmental screening dataset shows the level of risk of environmental conditions associated with pollutants storage sites. It relies on a methodology developed by FAO in the toolkit “Environmental Management Tool Kit for Obsolete Pesticides” (available here: http://www.fao.org/3/i0473e/i0473e.pdf) to calculate the environmental factor (Fe) of the pollutants storage sites. The FAO methodology has been modified and adapted by UNEP/GRID Geneva to include only questions with a geographical dimension for which good quality data exist at a satisfying resolution. The outcome consists in a remote environmental screening at country level (50 meters resolution) that is calculated as followed: Score risk= (natural disasters x 10) + (human settlements x 5) + (urban areas x 5) + (public facilities x 5) + (waterbodies x 5) + (crops x 3) + (protected areas x 1) More information about the UNEP/GRID methodology available on: https://owncloud.unepgrid.ch/index.php/s/5LPUDTxUEzIFka5

EcoDRR global classification scheme based on spatial combination of ecosystem coverage and natural hazard physical exposure. The physical exposure data-set shows the product of hazard frequency and people exposed to this hazard in the same 100 square kilometer cell. For a specific natural hazard, a 0.01 degree resolution raster is generated, showing hazard annual frequency weighted with portion of pixel potentially affected. The tropical cyclone surge frequency is based on a model that estimates surges triggered by tropical cyclone frequency of Saffir-Simpson category one. Sources: The dataset includes an estimate of surges triggered by tropical cyclone frequency of Saffir-Simpson category 1. It is based on three sources: 1) A compilation of best tracks dataset from WMO Regional Specialised Meteorological Centres (RSMCs) and Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWCs). As well as personal communication with Dr. Varigonda Subrahmanyam, Dr. James Weyman, Kiichi Sasaki, Philippe CAROFF, Jim Davidson, Simon Mc Gree, Steve Ready, Peter Kreft, Henrike Brecht. 2) A GIS modeling based on an initial equation from Greg Holland, which was further modified to take into consideration the movement of the cyclones through time. 3) A Digital Elevation Model (SRTM). Unit is expected average number of event per 1000 years. This product was designed by UNEP/GRID-Europe for the Global Assessment Report on Risk Reduction (GAR). It was modeled using global data. Credit: GIS processing UNEP/GRID-Europe.

EcoDRR global classification scheme based on spatial combination of ecosystem coverage and natural hazard physical exposure. The physical exposure data-set shows the product of hazard frequency and people exposed to this hazard in the same 100 square kilometer cell. For a specific natural hazard, a 0.01 degree resolution raster is generated, showing hazard annual frequency weighted with portion of pixel potentially affected. The population raster has the same resolution and represents the absolute number of inhabitants in a 0.01 degree cell. The physical exposure in a 100 km2 grid cell is the sum of the included physical exposure raster cells. Sources: Estimate of the annual frequency of landslide triggered by earthquakes or precipitation. It depends on the combination of trigger and susceptibility defined by six parameters: slope factor, lithological (or geological) conditions, soil moisture condition, vegetation cover, precipitation and seismic conditions. Unit is expected annual probability and percentage of pixel of occurrence of a potentially destructive landslide event x 1000000. This product was designed by International Centre for Geohazards /NGI for the Global Assessment Report on Risk Reduction (GAR). It was modeled using global data. Credit: GIS processing International Centre for Geohazards /NGI. GHS Population GRID. The spatial raster dataset depicts the distribution of population, expressed as the number of people per cell. Residential population estimates for target years 1975, 1990, 2000 and 2015 provided by CIESIN GPWv4.10 were disaggregated from census or administrative units to grid cells, informed by the distribution and density of built-up as mapped in the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) global layer per corresponding epoch. Credit: European Commission, Joint Research Centre; Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (2015): GHS-POP R2015A - GHS population grid, derived from GPW4, multitemporal (1975, 1990, 2000, 2015). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-ghsl-ghs_pop_gpw4_globe_r2015a

Source: The map is published on UNEP's South Sudan: First State of Environment and Outlook Report 2018, using data from WCS. The UNEP's report could be found <a href="https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/report/south-sudan-first-state-environment-and-outlook-report-2018" target="_blank"> here </a> <br><br>The map shows the location and distribution of South Sudan’s principal wetlands, the most important of which are the Sudd and Machar swamps.

Please visit bit.ly/1lMJ9zj for full information before downloading. These data is one version of the GIS global mangrove database (MFW). The database is 30 m pixel with global coverage annually for 2000 to 2014. This layer shows the information concerning the year 2000. Data are mangrove loss in the mangrove biome since 2000 as defined by MFW. CGMFC-21 provides high resolution local, regional, national, and global estimates of annual mangrove forest levels using continuous data from 2000 through to 2012 with the goal of driving mangrove research questions pertaining to biodiversity, climate change, food security, livelihoods, fisheries support, and conservation that have been hindered until now by a lack of suitable data. CGMFC-21 provides the required spatiotemporal resolutions to not only set REDD baseline measures globally in a systematic manner, but also to account for forest degradation as well as deforestation on an annual basis. Countries showing relatively high levels of 21st Century mangrove loss include Myanmar, Guatemala, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Indonesia. Many nations that have reported mangrove deforestation in earlier periods such as Ecuador, Bangladesh and Nigeria, have stabilized their mangrove levels during this period. Indonesia remains by far the largest mangrove holding nation containing between 26.16% and 28.50% of the global mangrove area with a deforestation rate of between 0.26% and 0.63% annually. Global mangrove deforestation continues but at a much reduced rate of between 0.16% and 0.39% annually. Annual mangrove deforestation is now close to zero in the Americas, Africa, and Australia as well as in selected Ramsar sites and protected areas. The global mangrove deforestation pattern during the 21st Century is one of decreasing rates of deforestation, with many nations essentially stable, with the exception of the largest mangrove holding region of Southeast Asia. (2015-09-01) Hamilton, S. E., & Casey, D. (2016). Creation of a high spatio-temporal resolution global database of continuous mangrove forest cover for the 21st century (CGMFC-21). Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25(6), 729-738. doi:10.1111/geb.1244. doi: 10.1111/geb.1244

The intertidal environment is one of the last remaining unmapped coastal ecosystems on Earth. Here we present an analysis of over 700,000 satellite images that maps the global extent of and change in tidal flats over the course of 33 years (1984–2016). About 70% of the global extent of tidal flats is found in three continents (Asia (44% of total), North America (15.5% of total) and South America (11% of total)), with 49.2% being concentrated in just eight countries (Indonesia, China, Australia, the United States, Canada, India, Brazil and Myanmar). For regions with sufficient data to develop a consistent multi-decadal time series—which included East Asia, the Middle East and North America—we estimate that 16.02% (15.62–16.47%, 95% confidence interval) of tidal flats were lost between 1984 and 2016. Extensive degradation from coastal development, reduced sediment delivery from major rivers, sinking of riverine deltas, increased coastal erosion and sea-level rise signal a continuing negative trajectory for tidal flat ecosystems around the world.<br><br> For complete information please see: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0805-8"target="_blank">Murray N. J., Phinn S. R., DeWitt M., Ferrari R., Johnston R., Lyons M. B., Clinton N., Thau D. & Fuller R. A. (2019) The global distribution and trajectory of tidal flats. Nature. 565:222-225</a><br/><br>or visit the<br/><br><a href="https://www.intertidal.app/home"target="_blank">Global Intertidal Change</a> website.<br/>