NatureServe is most effective when our data are applied. The value-added tools and services that we develop transform this information into actionable knowledge in the service of scientific understanding and biodiversity conservation.
Classification, description, and map of terrestrial ecosystems, linking vegetation communities to biophysical setting and natural dynamics processesProductData & Maps
NatureServe contributes to the IUCN initiative to identify which of the world's species are threatened with extinction and to document whyProductData & Maps
Ecological Integrity Assessments provide a standard “biophysical exam” that tell us how well an ecosystem is doing, including providing for species habitat needs. ProductStandards & Methods
There never has been a greater need to systematically inventory, classify, and map the incredible diversity of ecosystems on Earth. ProductStandards & Methods