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News, research and announcements from the Global Ecosystems Atlas.
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News
1 June 2026
Mapping the world's ecosystems, one functional group at a time
How the Global Ecosystems Atlas aligns national and global mapping efforts to a shared typology of 110 Ecosystem Functional Groups.
Research
1 May 2026
How ecosystem extent is calculated
Equal-area projections, geometry chunking and the difference between marine and inland boundaries — a short guide to reading the Atlas's area figures.
News
1 April 2026
Bringing national data into the Atlas
What contributing an ecosystem dataset involves, from spatial checks and typology alignment to licensing and attribution.