Extractive Operations within the Amazon (2016)

A map generated for the Living Amazon Report showing the overlap of extractive concessions for 2015-16 with Ramsar sites, natural and mixed World Hertiage Sites, Protected Areas and Indigenous Lands.

Data sources listed on the image above. Visit WWF-SIGHT for the latest data.

Human population denisity (2015) within Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs).

Data Sources;

Center for International Earth Science Information Network – CIESIN – Columbia University. 2016. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision UN WPP Country Totals. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).

BirdLife International (2019). World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the KBA Partnership: BirdLife International, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Global Wildlife Conservation, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Wildlife Conservation Society and World Wildlife Fund. Available at www.keybiodiversityareas.org.

Oil and Gas Concessions overlapping Protected Areas in Coastal East Africa

A map showing the overlap of active oil and gas concessions with protected areas and natural and mixed World Hertiage Sites in East Africa for 2015. Login into WWF- SIGHT to see current data.

Data Sources:

IUCN and UNEP-WCMC (2015), The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) [On-line], Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net

Drilling Info, 2015.