LibGuides: Geography: Data

International Data Sources

OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
The OECD's (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) online library of statistical databases, books and periodicals. Best known for its publications and its statistics, the OECDs work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics to trade, education, development, science and innovation.
Coverage varies, but generally ends in 2016

World Bank Open Data This link opens in a new window
The World Bank is providing free and open access to a comprehensive set of data about development in countries around the globe. Broader access to these data allows policymakers and advocacy groups to make better-informed decisions and measure improvements more accurately.
There also valuable tools to support research by journalists, academia and others, broadening understanding of global issues. This site is meant to provide all users with improved access to World Bank data and to make that data easier to find and use.

Forestry Inventory and Analysis National Program (USFS)
Urban Forest Data (USFS)
Public Land Statistics (BLM)
ForesSTAT (UN FAO)
LANDFIRE (USGS)
Oak Ridge National Lab - Vegetation Collections (ORNL-DAAC)
Vegetation collections data include: biomass, biome characteristics, litter chemistry and decomposition, geoecology, nutrient concentration profiles and turnover, global fire emissions, vegetation, and Leaf Area Index (LAI), ecosystem Structure and Function, phenoregions, carbon flux
Oak Ridge National Lab - Soils Collections (ORNL-DAAC)
The ORNL DAAC Soil Collections archive contains data on the physical and chemical properties of soils, including: soil carbon and nitrogen, soil water-holding capacity, soil respiration, soil texture.
International Multiproxy Paleofire Database (NOAA)
Wood Hole Research Center Datasets
Datasets available include the National Biomass and Carbon Dataset 2000 (NBCD) and the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment (LBA).