This updated layer of The Gridded Livestock of the World (GLW)database provided modelled livestock densities of the world, adjusted to match official (FAOSTAT)national estimates for the reference year 2005, at a spatial resolution of 3 minutes of arc (about 565 km at the equator).Recent methodological improvements have significantly enhanced these distributions: more up-to date and detailed sub-national livestock statistics have been collected; a new, higher resolution set of predictor variables is used; and the analyticalprocedure has been revised and extended to include a more systematic assessment of model accuracy and therepresentation of uncertainties associated with the predictions.<br><br>For further details on mapping methods see: Robinson, T.P., Wint, G.R.W., Conchedda, G., Van Boeckel, T.P., Ercoli, V., Palamara, E., Cinardi, G., D’Aietti, L., Hay, S.I., Gilbert, M., 2014. Mapping the Global Distribution of Livestock. PLoS ONE 9, e96084. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096084\"target=_blank>https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096084</a><br/><br>These digital layers are made publically available via the Livestock Geo-Wiki (<a href=\"http://www.livestock.geo-wiki.org\"target=_blank>livestock.geo-wiki.org</a><br/>

The dataset provides the annual estimated value of buillt capital that is protected by coral reefs in flood protection annually.<br><br>For more infomration please visit <a href="http://maps.oceanwealth.org/" target="_blank">The Mapping Ocean Wealth Explorer</a>.<br/><br>This data is provided by <a href="www.nature.org" target="_blank">The Nature Conservancy</a><br/>"

This updated layer of The Gridded Livestock of the World (GLW)database provided modelled livestock densities of the world, adjusted to match official (FAOSTAT)national estimates for the reference year 2005, at a spatial resolution of 3 minutes of arc (about 565 km at the equator).Recent methodological improvements have significantly enhanced these distributions: more up-to date and detailed sub-national livestock statistics have been collected; a new, higher resolution set of predictor variables is used; and the analyticalprocedure has been revised and extended to include a more systematic assessment of model accuracy and therepresentation of uncertainties associated with the predictions.<br><br>For further details on mapping methods see: Robinson, T.P., Wint, G.R.W., Conchedda, G., Van Boeckel, T.P., Ercoli, V., Palamara, E., Cinardi, G., D’Aietti, L., Hay, S.I., Gilbert, M., 2014. Mapping the Global Distribution of Livestock. PLoS ONE 9, e96084. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096084\"target=_blank>https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096084</a><br/><br>These digital layers are made publically available via the Livestock Geo-Wiki (<a href=\"http://www.livestock.geo-wiki.org\"target=_blank>livestock.geo-wiki.org</a><br/>

The Global Coral Protection Index is a basic modeled estimate of relative indexed values of coastal and barrier coral reefs for protecting coastal resources from wind and swell waves. Such reefs can reduce erosion and also inundation of low-lying coastal areas. The value of such mitigation is here determined as a function of the exposed populations and infrastructure that receive some level of protection from coral reefs.<br><br>For more infomration please visit <a href="http://maps.oceanwealth.org/" target="_blank">The Mapping Ocean Wealth Explorer</a>.<br/><br>This data is provided by <a href="www.nature.org" target="_blank">The Nature Conservancy</a><br/>"

The dataset provides the estimated value of built capital protected by coral reefs in flood protection from a 1 in 25-year storm.<br><br>For more infomration please visit <a href="http://maps.oceanwealth.org/" target="_blank">The Mapping Ocean Wealth Explorer</a>.<br/><br>This data is provided by <a href="www.nature.org" target="_blank">The Nature Conservancy</a><br/>"

The dataset provides the annual estimated number of people protected by coral reefs in flood protection annually.<br><br>For more infomration please visit <a href="http://maps.oceanwealth.org/" target="_blank">The Mapping Ocean Wealth Explorer</a>.<br/><br>This data is provided by <a href="www.nature.org" target="_blank">The Nature Conservancy</a><br/>"

The Human Footprint (HFP) provides a measure of the direct and indirect human pressures on the environment globally in years 1993 and 2009. It is derived from remotely-sensed and bottom-up survey information compiled on eight measured variables. This represents not only the most current information of its type, but also the first temporally-consistent set of Human Footprint maps. Data on human pressures were acquired or developed for: 1) built environments, 2) population density, 3) electric infrastructure, 4) crop lands, 5) pasture lands, 6) roads, 7) railways, and 8) navigable waterways. Pressures were then overlaid to create the standardized Human Footprint maps for all non-Antarctic land areas. The Human Footprint maps find a range of uses as proxies for human disturbance of natural systems and can provide an increased understanding of the human pressures that drive macro-ecological patterns, as well as for tracking environmental change and informing conservation science and application. HFP values range from 0 (no human impact) to 50 (heavily human impacted).<br><br>See: <a href=""https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms12558"">Venter, O. et al., 2016. Sixteen years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation. Nature Communications, 7, pp.1–11</a>.<br/><br>Data can also be downloaded from <a href=""https://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.052q5"">Dryad<a/>.<br/>

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 dynamics during the period 1982–2016. Contrary to the prevailing view that forest area has declined globally — tree cover has increased by 2.24 million km2 (+7.1% relative to the 1982 level), largely the result of a net loss in the tropics being outweighed by a net gain in the extratropics. Global bare ground cover has decreased by 1.16 million km2 (−3.1%), most notably in agricultural regions in Asia. Of all land changes, 60% are associated with direct human activities and 40% with indirect drivers such as climate change. Land-use change exhibits regional dominance, including tropical deforestation and agricultural expansion, temperate reforestation or afforestation, cropland intensification and urbanization. Consistently across all climate domains, montane systems have gained tree cover and many arid and semi-arid ecosystems have lost vegetation cover.<br><br>For full details see: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0411-9">Song, X.-P., Hansen, M.C., Stehman, S.V., Potapov, P.V., Tyukavina, A., Vermote, E.F., Townshend, J.R., 2018. Global land change from 1982 to 2016. Nature 1</a><br/>.

The dataset provides the estimated number of people protected by coral reefs in flood protection from a 1 in 25-year storm.<br><br>For more infomration please visit <a href="http://maps.oceanwealth.org/" target="_blank">The Mapping Ocean Wealth Explorer</a>.<br/><br>This data is provided by <a href="www.nature.org" target="_blank">The Nature Conservancy</a><br/>"

The Human Footprint (HFP) provides a measure of the direct and indirect human pressures on the environment globally in years 1993 and 2009. It is derived from remotely-sensed and bottom-up survey information compiled on eight measured variables. This represents not only the most current information of its type, but also the first temporally-consistent set of Human Footprint maps. Data on human pressures were acquired or developed for: 1) built environments, 2) population density, 3) electric infrastructure, 4) crop lands, 5) pasture lands, 6) roads, 7) railways, and 8) navigable waterways. Pressures were then overlaid to create the standardized Human Footprint maps for all non-Antarctic land areas. The Human Footprint maps find a range of uses as proxies for human disturbance of natural systems and can provide an increased understanding of the human pressures that drive macro-ecological patterns, as well as for tracking environmental change and informing conservation science and application. HFP values range from 0 (no human impact) to 50 (heavily human impacted).<br><br>See: <a href=""https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms12558"">Venter, O. et al., 2016. Sixteen years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation. Nature Communications, 7, pp.1–11</a>.<br/><br>Data can also be downloaded from <a href=""https://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.052q5"">Dryad<a/>.<br/>