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The database has data in the areas of population, poverty, land cover, land form, base data, elevation, rainfall, biodiversity, wildlife, tourism, water, irrigation, hydropower, other data (biomass, water distribution, market centers, and charcoal sources). No account needed.

Database with extensive links to government agencies with data sets on the themes of agriculture, environment, chemistry, climate, biodiversity, economy, society, geography, history for the UK and specifically Scotland. Data is in a variety of formats.

Basic but useful data for all countries, plus links to climate, species, elevation, and satellite data, all downloadable for free in ESRI shapefile format (also for use with their DIVA-GIS software). (Jim Proctor, October 2009)

This layer is the National Wetland Inventory (NWI) with revisions made by local governments in the tri-county region. | GIS_Data>ENVSData>Other_Sites>PDX_Metro>Water>wet_line

This polygon coverage depicts historical vegetation in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, including portions of Clark County, Washington along the Columbia River. Vegetation present at the time of survey is a close approximation of vegetation prior to widespread changes wrought by Euroamerican settlement.| D:GIS_DATA>EnvsData>Other_Sites>PDX_Metro>Environ

Over 1000 WMS themes, most restricted to the U.S. (many for specific counties) but some international. The WMS URL is plainly given for each theme. (Jim P., July 2009)

Wetlands locations and classification as defined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | GIS_Data>ENVSData>Other_Sites>PDX_Metro>Water>nwi

Watercourse Data fpr Alder-Jordan Watershed | ENVSData>Research_Sites>Alder-Jordan_Watershed/Aquatic>AJRivers

PDF file providing overview of data used for 2006 Environmental Performance Index, including raw values for included countries and brief descriptions of how data were collected/measured. From site: "By identifying specific targets for environmental performance and measuring how close each country comes to these established goals, the Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) provides benchmarks for current national pollution control and natural resource management results. The issue-by-issue and aggregate rankings facilitate cross-country comparisons both globally and within relevant peer groups.…The EPI centers on two broad environmental protection objectives: (1) reducing environmental stresses on human health and (2) protecting ecosystem vitality." | GIS_Data>ENVSData>Other_Sites>Global>Global_EPI>CNTRY_EPI_joined (Jim Proctor Fall 2008).

More recent 2010 EPI data and reports at http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/epi/.