The Global Methodology for Mapping Human Impacts on the Biosphere (GLOBIO) project was begun by a consortium in 2001 to develop a global-scale spatial model of the impacts of environmental change on biodiversity.

The consortium includes the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC), the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP), and GRID-Arendal.

Their latest model, GLOBIO3, estimates the impacts on biodiversity through time of land use change, climate change, fragmentation, infrastructure, and nitrogen deposition. 

Image courtesy of the GLOBIO Web site http://www.unep-wcmc.org/GLOBIO/