Useful Data Sites

ENV 761 - Landscape GIS   |   Spring 2024   |   Instructors: Peter Cada & John Fay  

Resource Website
DataBasin https://databasin.org/
Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agency’s Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool http://www.wafwachat.org/pages/west-wide-chat
World Resource Institute https://www.wri.org/resources/data-platforms
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/wildfinder-database
Esri’s Living Atlas https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/en/browse/#d=2&categories=Environment
iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Open data portal https://edg.epa.gov/metadata/catalog/main/home.page
Local state game commission or State Fish & Wildlife Departments  
Asean Center for Biodiversity http://aseanbiodiversity.org>
Bay Area Conservation Lands Network https://bayarealands.org
Nature’s Network http://naturesnetwork.org/
Landscape Project https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/landscape/index.htm
Gap Species Richness https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12779
Biodiversity Priority https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1418034112
Ecosystem Representation https://doi.org/10.5849/jof.15-050
Plantsnap https://www.plantsnap.com/explore-map3/
Global Biodiversity Information Facility https://www.gbif.org/
USGS Gap Analysis Project https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/science-analytics-and-synthesis/gap
EnviroAtlas https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/enviroatlas-interactive-map
Spatial Reserves Blog https://spatialreserves.wordpress.com/
Nature Serve http://www.natureserve.org/conservation-tools/data-maps-tools
Map of Life https://www.mol.org/
California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Areas of Conservation Emphasis (ACE) https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/Analysis/Ace
CA ACE Terrestrial Biodiversity https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=150831&inline
CA ACE Aquatic Biodiversity https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=150856&inline
Ocean Biogeographic Information System https://obis.org/