Conservation Science Data and Tools
WWF constantly looks for new opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our conservation work. Sharing that newfound knowledge with scientists across the globe is critical to protecting critical species and places.
We share our data with others for valid scientific, conservation and educational purposes. We request that it is properly cited when used and that any modification of the original data by users should be noted.
Conservation Science Tools
Moabi is a powerful online tool for tracking information spatially. It works as a collaborative mapping system that builds a community of users to share, edit, and discuss issues that could affect the sustainability of critical ecosystems.
InVEST is a family of modeling tools that map, measure and value the goods and services we obtain from nature.
The WildFinder application enables users to visualize global distribution of animal species based on the WWF terrestrial ecoregion maps.
Conservation Science Data Sets
Marine Ecoregions of the World
Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) is a biogeographic classification of the world's coasts and continental shelves. It is the first comprehensive marine classification system with clearly defined boundaries and definitions and was developed to closely link to existing regional systems.
Freshwater Ecoregions of the World
Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (FEOW) provides a global biogeographic regionalization of the Earth’s freshwater biodiversity, including distribution data of freshwater fish, amphibians, turtles, and crocodiles, all available at the ecoregion level.
Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World
Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World (TEOW) is a bio-geographic regionalization of the Earth's terrestrial biodiversity. TEOW uses ecoregions to represent the original distribution of distinct assemblages of species and communities across the globe.
The Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World Base Global Dataset
HydroSHEDS provides hydrographic information via data layers to support watershed analyses, hydrological modeling, and freshwater conservation planning at a quality, resolution, and extent that had previously been unachievable in many parts of the world.
The Global 200 identifies a set of the Earth's terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecoregions that harbor exceptional biodiversity and are representative of its ecosystems. The Global 200 includes 238 ecoregions, comprised of 142 terrestrial, 53 freshwater, and 43 marine priority ecoregions.
Global Lakes and Wetlands Database
The Global Lakes and Wetlands Database combines data from the best available sources for lakes and wetlands on a global scale at three coordinated levels - large lakes and reservoirs, smaller water bodies, and wetlands. The application of GIS functionality enables the generation of a database which focuses in three coordinated levels: large lakes and reservoirs (Level 1), smaller water bodies (Level 2), and wetlands (Level 3).
Smart Infrastructure Planner (beta)
The Smart Infrastructure Planner (SIP) is a GIS toolkit that allows GIS practitioners to evaluate the compatibility of proposed infrastructure and land use developments with essential requirements for the conservation of wildlife and their habitat in a landscape context.
