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1. Pesticides Consumption - Plant Growth Regulators [geodata_1115]
Pesticides Consumption corresponds to the quantities of pesticides used in (or sold to) the agricultural sector. Figures are generally expressed in terms of active ingredients data.


2. Water Use - Total Water Withdrawal [geodata_1100]
Annual gross quantity of water produced and used for agricultural, industrial and domestic purposes. It does not include other in situ-uses :energy, mining, recreation, navigation, fisheries and the ...


3. USGS JECAM Canada Red River [USGS_JECAM_Canada_Red_River]
Joint Experiment for Crop Assessment and Monitoring The overarching goal of JECAM is to reach a convergence of approaches, develop monitoring and reporting protocols and best practices for a variety ...


4. USGS JECAM Canada South Nation [USGS_JECAM_Canada_South_Nation]
Joint Experiment for Crop Assessment and Monitoring The overarching goal of JECAM is to reach a convergence of approaches, develop monitoring and reporting protocols and best practices for a variety ...


5. USGS Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change [USGS_EARTHSHOTS]
Earthshots is an ebook of before-and-after Landsat images (1972-present), showing recent environmental events and introducing remote sensing. Earthshots comes from the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS ...


6. Cereals - Yield [geodata_0839]
Cereals also includes other cereals such as mixed grains and buckwheat. The data reported under this element represent the harvested production per unit of harvested area for crop products. In most ...


7. Moss, Aulacomnium turgidum, Svalbard, Arctic [KPDC_MAT_ARCTIC_2010]
Unique physiological and metabolic properties of Arctic mosses are responsible for their acclimation to the inclement polar environment. To perform transcriptome analysis of an Arctic moss species ...


8. Plant, Deschampsia, King George Island, Antarctic [KPDC_PD_ANTARCTIC_2008]
Deschampsia antarctica is the only monocot that thrives in the tough conditions of the Antarctic region. It is an invaluable resource for the identification of genes associated with tolerance to various ...


9. Arable and Permanent Crops [geodata_0771]
Arable Land: land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted only once), temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market and kitchen gardens and land temporarily fallow (less ...


10. Permanent Crops [geodata_0691]
Permanent Crops: Land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee and rubber; this category includes land under ...


11. Plant, Deschampsia, King George Island, Antarctic [KPDC_PD_ANTARCTIC_2010]
Quantitative real time PCR is the most sensitive and widely used method for the analysis of gene expression. The choice of one or several reference genes is very important for a normalization process, ...


12. Water Use - Agricultural Water Withdrawal [geodata_0269]
Agriculture represents 70% of global water use. Yet, experience shows that the number of countries where agricultural water use is monitored with sufficient accuracy is limited. In most cases, gross ...


13. Agricultural Production Index Base 1999-2001 - Total [geodata_0123]
The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 1999-2001. They are based on ...


14. Cereals - Production [geodata_0001]
Cereals also includes other cereals such as mixed grains and buckwheat. Crop production data refer to the actual harvested production from the field or orchard and gardens, excluding harvesting and ...


15. Effects of Climate Change on Global Food Production from SRES Emissions and Socioeconomic Scenarios [CIESIN_SEDAC_MVA_ECCGFPSRES]
Effects of Climate Change on Global Food Production from SRES Emissions and Socioeconomic Scenarios is an update to a major crop modeling study by the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). ...


16. Caring for the Earth: A Strategy for Sustainable Living [IUCN_CARING]
"Caring for the Earth" provides governments, nongovernmental organizations, businesses, and individuals with information and guidance needed to develop ...


17. Annual Crop Data for All Crop Varieties by US County [EOSWEBSTER_US_County_Data_2-3]   PARENT DIF
Two datasets in the EOS-WEBSTER US County Data Collection provide county-level data for crop acreage, production and yield statistics. Crop data for 22 different field crops were acquired from the ...


18. Carbon Sequestration by Switchgrass Managed as an Energy Crop [USDA0395]
The objective of the "Carbon Sequestration by Switchgrass Managed as an Energy Crop" dataset is to monitor carbon sequestration over time in switchgrass and to compare the economic and carbon sequestration ...


19. Database of IPM Resources [IPM]
Database of IPM Resources (DIR) is an information retrieval and referral system and a compendium of customized directories of worldwide IPM information resources accessible through the ...


20. FAOSTAT Database on Agriculture [faostat]
FAOSTAT is an on-line and CD multilingual database currently containing over one million time-series records, updated as of September 2001, covering 210 countries and territories and international ...


21. Invasive and Exotic Species of North America [invasive]
Invasive.org has been under development for a number of years, and is the result of the efforts of a large number of people. In the mid-1990's we recognized a need for quality photographs ...


22. The Threatened Plants Database [bsbi_tpdab]
The Threatened Plants Database (TPDB) is the flagship database project of the Botanical Society of the British Isles (BSBI). The full database is maintained within a desktop PC database (Recorder ...


23. ETI CD - Annonaceae-Genera Worldwide [ETI_Annonaceae-GeneraWorldWide]
The Annonaceae are one of the largest tropical plant families (about 2300 species) with a worldwide distribution. A number of these species is of economic importance (fruits, perfumes and ornamental ...


24. NCDC: Corn Moisture Stress Index 1900-2006 [NCDC_CornMoistureStressIndex1900-2006]
The Moisture Stress Index for corn and soybean crops is a measure of the effects of drought and catastrophic wetness on national crop yield and is calculated through the use of a drought index (the ...


25. NCDC: Soybean Moisture Stress Index 1900-2006 [NCDC_SoybeanMoistureStressIndex1900-2006]
The Moisture Stress Index for corn and soybean crops is a measure of the effects of drought and catastrophic wetness on national crop yield and is calculated through the use of a drought index (the ...


26. Alien Plants Ranking System (APRS) Implementation Team [NPWRC_alienplantsrankingsystem]
The Alien Plants Ranking System (APRS) is a computer-implemented system to help land managers make difficult decisions concerning invasive nonnative plants. The management of invasive plants is difficult, ...


27. Natural Resources Project Inventory Database [CA_ICE_NaturalResourcesProjectInventoryDatabase]
The NRPI is a collaborative effort between the California Biodiversity Council and the University of California at Davis Information Center for the Environment. The signatories of the California Biodiversity ...


28. Long-term Tillage and Crop Rotation Study, Nebraska [USDA.ARS.SWCRU.CropSysTrial2]
(adapted from Project Summary) PROBLEM: Soil and water conservation concerns have been and continue to be the major driving forces in agricultural production in the western Corn Belt. In addition, ...


29. Rotation and Nitrogen Fertilization Effects on Changes in Soil Carbon and Nitrogen [USDA0098]
The dataset consists of data resulting from an experimental study involving seven cropping systems (three monoculture, two 2-year, and two 4-year rotations) with three rates of N fertilizer. Data ...


30. Radarsat-2 Scenes, Natural Resources Canada [CWIC_REG]
The collection represents browse images and metadata for systematically georeferenced Radarsat-2 Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR) satellite scenes. The browse scenes are not geometrically enhanced using ...


31. Plant in Antarctic at 2012 [KPDC_PLANT_ANTARCTIC_2012]
Vascular plant samples from Barton Peninsula of King George Islands collected in January 2012, including data for collector, locality, and habitat for 10 moss samples


32. Agricultural Land Use of Wyoming [WYGISC_LANDUSE]
The purpose of this data layer is to provide a digital layer showing areas of agriculture and agricultural chemical use in Wyoming. This layer was designed to be applied in the Wyoming ...


33. Climate Change in Canada - Impacts and Adaptation [Canada_GSC_ClimateChangeCdn]
Climate change affects all aspects of the Canadian economy and Canadian society as a whole. The Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program provides funding for research and activities ...


34. DATABASE OF CRITICAL LOADS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS [EIC11_ATMOSPHERIC_POLLUTANTS]
The database comprises estimates of the vulnerability of the land surface of Great Britain to the effects of atmospheric pollution (particularly acid deposition), on the basis of air quality and the ...


35. IPCC Socio-Economic Baseline Dataset [CIESIN_SEDAC_IPCC_BASELINE]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Socio-Economic Baseline Dataset consists of population, human development, economic, water resources, land cover, land use, agriculture, food, ...


36. Estimated Water Use in Puerto Rico, 2000 [USGS_OFR_2005_1201]
Water-use data were compiled for the 78 municipios of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for 2000. Five offstream categories were considered: public-supply water withdrawals, domestic self-supplied water ...


37. A Climatology of Recent Extreme Weather and Climate Events [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00517]
A Climatology of Recent Extreme Weather and Climate Events is a technical report prepared by, and available from, the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This 17-page report provides an overview, ...


38. National Atlas of the United States of America from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) [USGS_NATIONALATLAS]
The National Atlas updates a large bound collection of paper maps that was published in 1970. Like its predecessor, this edition promotes greater national geographic awareness. It delivers ...


39. World Resources from the World Resources Institute (WRI) [WRI_WORLD_RESOURCES]
The latest World Resources reference is an authoritative assessment of the world's natural resources. The World Resources Institute (WRI), in collaboration with the United Nations Development ...


40. EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal [WRI_EarthTrends]
EarthTrends is an online collection of information regarding the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world. Committed to the principle that accurate information drives ...


41. Gender, Agriculture, and the Environment in Rural Areas [USDA0567]
The objective of "Gender, Agriculture, and the Environment in Rural Areas" is to identify the effects of environmental problems on women and men. The data examine differences in women's and men's ...


42. Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project [ICBEMP]
The mission of The Interior Columbia Ecosystem Management Project (ICBEMP) is to develop a scientifically sound and ecosystem based strategy for forest and rangelands administered by the Forest Service ...


43. Southern Appalachian Assessment (SAA) Online Geospatial Database [SAMAB_SAA]
The Southern Appalachian Assessment (SAA) was a cooperative multi-agency effort to assess the environmental condition of the Southern Appalachian region. The SAA was described as the ecological equivalent ...


44. China Dimensions Data Collection: China County-Level Data on Population (Census) and Agriculture, Keyed to 1:1M GIS Map [CIESIN_SEDAC_CD_CTY_POPAG_GIS]
China County-Level Data on Population (Census) and Agriculture, Keyed To 1:1M GIS Map consists of census, agricultural economic, and boundary data for the administrative regions of China for 1990. ...


45. Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1): Land and Geographic Unit Area Grids [CIESIN_SEDAC_GRUMPv1_LGUAG]
The Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1) consists of estimates of human population for the years 1990, 1995, and 2000 by 30 arc-second (1km) grid. The area grids measure land areas ...


46. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on World Food Supply: Data Sets from a Major Crop Modeling Study [CIESIN_SEDAC_GISS_CROPCLIM_DB]
Datasets from a Major Crop Modeling Study contain projected country and regional changes in grain crop yields due to global climate change. Equilibrium and transient scenarios output from General ...


47. Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Collection of Treaty Texts [CIESIN_SEDAC_ENTRI_TEXTS_COL]
The Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Collection of Treaty Texts consists of environmental treaty texts that are compiled in collaboration with the Columbia University Center for ...


48. Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Treaty Status Dataset [CIESIN_SEDAC_ENTRI_TREATYSTAT]
The Socioeconomic Data and Application Center (SEDAC) Treaty Status Dataset contains comprehensive treaty information for multilateral environmental agreements, countries and organizations. The original ...


49. HydroSHEDS : The Hydrological data and maps based on SHuttle Elevation Derivatives at multiple Scales. [WWF_HS]   PARENT DIF
HydroSHEDS is a mapping product that provides hydrographic information for regional and global-scale applications in a consistent format. It offers a suite of geo-referenced data sets (vector and ...


50. Africa FAO Irrigable Soil Classes (GIS Coverage) [NBId0017_101]
New-ID: NBI17 Irrigable soils of Africa. The African Irrigable Soils Dataset documentation Files: IRRIGUT.E00 Code: 100050-001 IRRIGUB.E00 ...


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