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    • Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, Version 1

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    The Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, Version 1 data set describes globally-significant ecological patterns within the terrestrial biosphere caused by sustained direct human interaction with ecosystems, including agriculture, urbanization, forestry and other land uses. Conventional biomes, such as tropical rainforests or grasslands, are based on global vegetation patterns related to climate. Now that humans have fundamentally altered global patterns of ecosystem form, process, and biodiversity, anthropogenic biomes provide a contemporary view of the terrestrial biosphere in its human-altered form. Anthropogenic biomes may also be termed "anthromes" to distinguish them from conventional biome systems, or "human biomes" (a simpler but less precise term). This data set is distributed by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4SF2T3M
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4NP22C8
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4J1012K
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4D798B9

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C179002107-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2008-12-31
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category ANTHROMES, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -55.750001 180.0 83.083332
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4SF2T3M, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4NP22C8, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4J1012K, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4D798B9
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash a9fa365c8917d0a4e1ebeccfe71dfec4e5e1422ec7239588588e74dabf05b8a0
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z/2006-12-31T00:00:00Z

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