http://blogs.esri.com/Info/blogs/geographymatters/archive/tags/GLOBIO/default.aspxTags: GLOBIOenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 61120.2)http://blogs.esri.com/Info/blogs/geographymatters/archive/2008/04/11/globio-maps-the-footprint-of-the-human-impact-on-our-planet.aspxFri, 11 Apr 2008 17:22:00 GMT8296249d-4d69-4913-b1e7-14b85fcd9fb0:1206GeographyMatters0http://blogs.esri.com/Info/blogs/geographymatters/comments/1206.aspxhttp://blogs.esri.com/Info/blogs/geographymatters/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1206<P>The Global Methodology for Mapping Human Impacts on the Biosphere (GLOBIO) project was begun by a consortium in 2001 to<STRONG> </STRONG>develop a global-scale spatial model of the impacts of environmental change on biodiversity.</P> <P>The consortium includes the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)<STRONG> </STRONG>World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC), the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP), and GRID-Arendal.</P> <P>Their latest model, GLOBIO3, estimates the impacts on biodiversity through time of land use change, climate change, fragmentation, infrastructure, and nitrogen deposition.&nbsp; </P> <P><A href="http://blogs.esri.com/Info/photos/geography_matters/images/1205/original.aspx" target=_blank><IMG src="http://blogs.esri.com/Info/photos/geography_matters/images/1205/secondarythumb.aspx" border=0></A></P> <P>Image courtesy of the GLOBIO Web site <A href="http://www.unep-wcmc.org/GLOBIO/">http://www.unep-wcmc.org/GLOBIO/</A></P><img src="http://blogs.esri.com/Info/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1206" width="1" height="1">GLOBIO