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- Agriculture and Food Database from World Resources Institute's EarthTrends
- The following data is available by region and country: Fertilizer consumption, Fertilizer production, Fertilizer use intensity, Harvesters in use, Pesticide use intensity, Tractor use intensity, Tractors in use, Water use intensity, Cereals production, total, Cereals, total area harvested, Food production index (base year 1999-2001), Per capita food production index (base year 1999--2001), Per capita production index (base year 1999--2001), Total area harvested (pulses), Total production (pulses), Total area harvested (roots and tubers), Total production (roots and tubers), Total production index (base year 1999--2001), Yields in Cereals, Yields in Pulses, Yields in Roots and tubers, Cropland/natural vegetation mosaic, Croplands, Cereals Donated by Donor Countries, Cereals Received by Country, Grain fed to livestock as a percent of total grain consumed, Agricultural labor force, Agricultural labor intensity, Agricultural workers (percentage of total labor force), Arable and permanent cropland, Arable land, Irrigated land, Irrigated share of cropland, Land in permanent crops, Buffalo stocks, Camel stocks, Cattle stocks, Chicken stocks, Duck stocks, Equine (horses, mules, asses) stocks, Goat stocks, Sheep stocks, Swine stocks, Turkey stocks, Total Meat Consumption, Beef and veal Production, Meat production per capita, Sheep and goat meat Production, Total meat production, Calorie supply per capita, Calorie supply per capita from animal products, Cereals, net consumption, Hectares under organic management, Number of Organic Farms, Percentage of agricultural land under organic management, Agricultural raw materials as a percent of total merchandise exports, Agricultural raw materials as a percent of total merchandise imports, Exports in Cereals, Imports in Cereals, Exports in Fertilizer, Imports in Fertilizer, Food exports as a percent of total merchandise exports, Food imports as a percent of total merchandise imports and Exports in Pulses
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- Biodiversity and Protected Areas Database from World Resources Institute's EarthTrends
- The following data is available by region and country:
Number of Decked fishery vessels, Total Land area, Extent of Biosphere reserves, Number of Biosphere reserves, Extent and
Protected Areas, in extent and number, by World Conservation Union Category, Number of Protected Areas Larger than 100,000 hectares, Number of Protected Areas Larger than one million hectares, Area of Marine or Littoral Protected Areas, Total Number of Marine or Littoral Protected Areas, Transfrontier Protected Area Complexes, Extent of Wetlands of International Importance, Number of Wetlands of international importance, Extent of World heritage sites, Number of World Heritage sites, Number of World heritage sites in danger, Number of Amphibian Species, Number of Endemic Amphibian species, Number of Extinct Amphibian species, Number of Bird species, Number of Endemic Bird species, Number of Extinct Bird species, Number of Conifers and cycads species, Number of Ferns species, Number of Fish species, Number of Flowering plant species, Number of Mammal species, Number of Endemic Mammal species, Number of Extinct Mammal species, Number of Reptile species, Number of Endemic Reptile species, Number of Extinct Reptile species, Number of Tree species extinct in wild, Number of Threatened Tree species, Number of Vascular plant species, Number of Endemic Vascular plant species, Number of Extinct Vascular plant species, Global net trade in live lizards, Global net trade in live parrots, Global net trade in live primates, Global net trade in live snakes, Global net trade in crocodilian skins, Global net trade in lizard skins, Global net trade in snake skins, Global net trade in wild cat skins, Global net trade in live coral, Trade in Wildlife: Global net trade in live tortoises, and Global net trade in wild-collected orchids.
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- Forests, Grasslands and Drylands Database from World Resources Institute's EarthTrends
- The following data is available by region and country: Average Arid area, Average Dry sub-humid area, Average Total dryland area, Average Dryland area as a percent of total area, Average Semi-arid area, average, Barren or sparsely vegetated area, Closed shrublands, Cropland/natural vegetation mosaic, Croplands, Deciduous broadleaf forest, Deciduous needleleaf forest, Evergreen broadleaf forest, Evergreen needleleaf forest, Grasslands, Mixed forest, Open shrublands, Permanent wetlands, Savannas, Snow and ice covered area, Urban and built-up areas (1992-93 data), Water bodies, Woody Savannas, Wood fuel production, Paper and paperboard production, Recovered paper production, Industrial roundwood production, Total Roundwood production, Sawnwood production, Wood-based panel production, Forest area certified by all certification schemes, Total FSC-certified forest area, FSC-certified natural forest area, FSC-certified plantation area, FSC-certified semi-natural and mixed forest area, Non-tropical forest (protected area), Area of forest with canopy cover >10%, Area of forest with canopy cover >25%, Area of forest with canopy cover >50%, Area of forest with canopy cover >75%, Disturbed natural forest and plantation area, Disturbed natural forest and plantation, protected area, Forest area (current) as a percent of original forest area, Forest area (original) as a percent of total land area, Frontier forest area as a percent of original forest area, Frontier forest, percent threatened, Mangrove forest area, Protected Mangroves Area, Total Mangroves Area, Natural forest area, % change in Natural forest area from 1990 to 2000, Average Annual % Change in Natural forest area (1990-2000), Net Change in Natural forest area (1990 to 2000), Total Area Non-tropical forest, Average Annual % Change in Plantation area (1990-2000), Net Change in Plantation Area, Total Percent Change in Plantation area (1990 to 2000), Plantation area, Sparse trees and parkland area, Sparse trees and parkland area (protected), Total forest area, Average Annual Percent Change in Total forest area (1990-2000), Percent Change in Total Forest Area (1990-2000), Net Change in Total forest extent (1990 to 2000), Tropical forest area, Tropical forest area (protected), Total Land Area, Paper and paperboard consumption, Paper and paperboard consumption per capita, Number of Tree species extinct in wild, Number of Threatened Tree species, Value of Trade in Forest Product Exports, Value of Trade in Forest Product Imports, Quantity of Roundwood Exports, Value of Roundwood Exports, Quantity of Roundwood Imports, Paper and paperboard Trade (Exports), Paper and paperboard Trade (Imports), Recovered paper (Exports) and Recovered paper (Imports).
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- Population Reference Bureau DataFinder
- "This database contains data on 95 demographic variables for more than 220 countries, 28 world regions and sub-regions, the world as a whole, the United States as a whole, and the U.S. states. (Not all countries have data on all variables)" [Source: http://www.prb.org/datafind/datafinder6.htm, Accessed August 30, 2005]. Some variables of particular interest to those interested in the Biosphere include: Change in Forest Area 1990-2000 (1,000 hectares), Number of Threatened and Endangered Animal Species, and Number of Threatened and Endangered Plant Species
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