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World Intact Forest Landscapes editor's pick
Greenpeace map assessing remaining blocks of intact forest landscapes larger than 500 sq. km not fragmented by infrastructure, such as roads, settlements, waterways, pipelines and power lines
Added: Apr. 10, 2006 | Rate It
Biodiversity and Worldmap -- The Natural History Museum popular
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/worldmap/
develops and applies methods to measure the variety of nature and select priority areas for conservation at many spatial scales
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
Landsat NASA Pathfinder Humid Tropical Deforestation Project popular
http://www.geog.umd.edu/tropical/
maps global deforestation in the humid tropics, focusing on the Amazon Basin, Central Africa, and
Southeast Asia
Added: Feb. 04, 2001 | Rate It
Amazonian Indians Native Tribes Photos and Videos
http://www.amazon-indians.org/
provides photos, videos and maps of native indigenous people from the cultures of Amazon native tribes from the South American Amazon River Basin
Added: May. 12, 2007 | Rate It
Distribution and Variety of Equatorial Rain Forest, The
http://www.esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/rainfo.html
an in depth examination of ecological patterns in rainforests from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Added: Mar. 17, 2001 | Rate It
Global Land Cover Characterization
http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/glcc/
a 1-km resolution global land cover characteristics data base useful for a wide range of environmental research and modeling applications
Added: Feb. 20, 2001 | Rate It
Seamless Data Distribution System
provides free access to internationa and U.S. geospatial data; including land cover, hydrography, orthoimagery and others
Added: Jan. 08, 2005 | Rate It
Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/terrestrial.html
interactive maps of the World's ecosystems from National Geographic, including information on 867 land-based ecoregions that are distinguished by shared ecological features, climate, and plant and animal communities
Added: May. 08, 2001 | Rate It
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