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CHARACTERIZING RESOURCE FRONTIERS
A REPOSITORY OF GLOBAL DATASETS
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World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)
Image obtained from the data Map Viewer site: Link Here. Data Description: Global database on terrestrial and marine protected areas in...
WWF HydroSHEDS Free Flowing Rivers Network v1
Image obtained from source website: Link Here. Data Description: This dataset provides polylines that represent river networks, derived...
WWF HydroSHEDS Hydrologically Conditioned DEM, 3 Arc-Seconds
Image obtained from source website: Link Here. Data Description: This dataset is at 3 arc-second resolution. The datasets available at 3...
Aqueduct Water Risk / Aqueduct Global Maps Data
Image obtained from source website: Link Here. Data Description: Aqueductâ„¢ 3.0 water risk framework, in which we combine 13 water risk...
Global Seismic Hazard Map (GSHAP)
Image obtained from source website: Link Here. Data Description: Seismic Hazard Maps depict the level of chosen ground motions that...
World Clim Version 2: Global climate and weather data - Precipitations and climate change
Image obtained from source website: Link Here. Data Description: Interpolated monthly climate data from 60,000 weather stations....
Human Footprint (Dryadv3)
Image obtained from the published article: Link Here. Data Description: Data on human pressures were acquired or developed for: 1) built...
Human Modification (HM)
Image obtained from source website: Link Here. Data Description: Cumulative measure of human modification of terrestrial lands across the...
Farming the planet 1: Geographic distribution of global agricultural lands in the year 2000
Image obtained from the published article: Link Here. Data Description: Agricultural activities have dramatically altered our planet’s...
Natural Earth Cultural Country/States, Provinces/ Counties, boundary
Image obtained from source website: Link Here. Data Description: Natural Earth draws de facto boundaries according to our disputed...
Database of Global Administrative Areas (GDAM) 4.1
Image obtained from source website: Link Here. Data Description: Administrative areas of all countries, at all levels of sub-division. We...
WorldPop Population Density
Image obtained from source website: Link Here. Data Description: Global high-resolution, contemporary data on human population. The...
List of OECD member countries - ratification of the convention on the OECD
Map created from the dataset: Link Here. Data Description: Founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade, OECD consists...
Resource Governance Index (RGI)
Image obtained from the data Map Viewer site: Link Here. Data Description: Includes: the presence and quality of the country’s laws,...
Fragile State Index (FSI)
Image obtained from source website: Link Here. Data Description: Combining social science techniques with information technology, we have...
Unified Global Croplands aka Unified Cropland Layer
Image obtained from the data Map Viewer site: Link Here. Data Description: Cropland layer at 250 m resolution for global agriculture...
Global Mapped Extents of 24,605 Mines Areas
Image obtained from the published article: Link Here. Data Description: Global-scale geospatial dataset of mine areas: 24,605 mine area...
Global Mapped Extents of 74,548 Mines Areas
Image obtained from the published article: Link Here. Data Description: The dataset comprises of 74,548 mine area polygons, mapped with...
SNL Metals & Mining - Mine Points
Image obtained from source website: Link Here. Data Description: Asset-level details on over 35,000 mines, projects and processing...
258 Failed Tailings Locations & 158 Mapped Mines
Map created from the dataset: Link Here. Data Description: Locations of 258 historically failed TSFs and 158 mapped impoundment surface...
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