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Biodiversity and Worldmap -- The Natural History Museum popular

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/worldmap/

3 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

develops and applies methods to measure the variety of nature and select priority areas for conservation at many spatial scales
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It

Landsat NASA Pathfinder Humid Tropical Deforestation Project popular

http://www.geog.umd.edu/tropical/

4 out of 10 stars (6 votes)

maps global deforestation in the humid tropics, focusing on the Amazon Basin, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia
Added: Feb. 04, 2001 | Rate It

Amazonian Indians Native Tribes Photos and Videos

http://www.amazon-indians.org/

8 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

provides photos, videos and maps of native indigenous people from the cultures of Amazon native tribes from the South American Amazon River Basin
Added: May. 12, 2007 | Rate It

Distribution and Variety of Equatorial Rain Forest, The

http://www.esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/rainfo.html

6 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

an in depth examination of ecological patterns in rainforests from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Added: Mar. 17, 2001 | Rate It

Global Land Cover Characterization

http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

a 1-km resolution global land cover characteristics data base useful for a wide range of environmental research and modeling applications
Added: Feb. 20, 2001 | Rate It

Seamless Data Distribution System

http://seamless.usgs.gov/

provides free access to internationa and U.S. geospatial data; including land cover, hydrography, orthoimagery and others
Added: Jan. 08, 2005 | Rate It

Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/terrestrial.html

1 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

interactive maps of the World's ecosystems from National Geographic, including information on 867 land-based ecoregions that are distinguished by shared ecological features, climate, and plant and animal communities
Added: May. 08, 2001 | Rate It

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