ESA Response to the National Nature Assessment Request for Information: Question 11c

NNA Question 11c:

What existing datasets, knowledge sources, information or stories should USGCRP draw from in creating the NNA, and why?

List of Existing National and International Nature-focused Assessments and Databases

Please note this is a sample of the ecological datasets and sources available. This list is not exhaustive.

National

USGCRP
https://www.globalchange.gov/home

Nature Serve    
https://www.natureserve.org/

Inter-Tribal Environment Council             
https://www.itecmembers.org/

National Ecological Observatory Network                          
https://www.neonscience.org/

State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAP) 
https://www1.usgs.gov/csas/swap/

National Park Service, National Heritage Areas Program
https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1524/index.htm

FEMA Nature Based Solutions   
https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/risk-management/nature-based-solutions

USGS Gap Analysis Project          
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/gap-analysis-project

Forest Inventory and Analysis    
https://www.fia.fs.usda.gov/

Long Term Ecological Research Network
https://lternet.edu/

North American Breeding Bird Survey    
https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/index.cfm

Environmental Data Initiative     
https://edirepository.org/

National Land Cover Database
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/science/national-land-cover-database

Children and Nature Network 
https://www.childrenandnature.org/

USGS Water Quality for the Nation         
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/qw

Numerous state wildlife harvest sites (e.g., https://www.pgc.pa.gov/HuntTrap/Hunting/HarvestDataandMaps/Pages/default.aspx

https://dep.nj.gov/njfw/hunting/ahrs/), state-based endangered and threatened species status sites)

Ameriflux          
https://ameriflux.lbl.gov/

NOAA

NASA

Increasing numbers of crowd-sourced biodiversity data, such as eBird (https://ebird.org/home)

and iNaturalist (https://www.inaturalist.org/).

International

UN World Ocean Assessment     
https://www.un.org/regularprocess/woa2launch

Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services         
https://ipbes.net/

International Panel on Climate Change  
https://www.ipcc.ch/

Convention on Biological Diversity
https://www.cbd.int/

Global Carbon Project   
https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/

Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative              
https://www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/

Joint Research Centre, European Soil Data Center
https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/projects/lucas

UN Biosphere Reserves
https://en.unesco.org/biosphere

UN Global Environmental Outlooks        
https://www.unep.org/global-environment-outlook

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (though dated, 2000-2005)
https://www.millenniumassessment.org/en/index.html

Global Biodiversity Information Facility  
https://www.gbif.org/

Sustainable Development Goals Resource Centre             
https://sdgresources.relx.com/