CIESIN have just released a new web portal which provides access to a number of very useful global datasets on human interactions with the environment. Some of the most interesting looking datasets available include the global map of human appropriation of net primary productivity which shows very high consumption of NPP as a percentage of available NPP throughout much of India, China, parts of the middle-east and Europe. South America appears to have very little consumption compared with the vast amounts of NPP available. Also of interest are the extensive datasets on poverty distribution, which include some variables such as child malnutrition on one quarter degree global grids.
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