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The Global Pastures data set represents the proportion of land areas used as pasture land (land used to support grazing animals) in the year 2000. Satellite data from Modetate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (SPOT) Image Vegetation sensors were combined with agricultural inventory data to create a global data set. The visual presentation of these data demonstrates the extent to which human land use for agriculture has changed the Earth and in which areas this change is most intense. The data were compiled by Navin Ramankutty et al. (2008) and distributed by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees
Location
GLOBAL ,
OCEANIA ,
AFRICA ,
ASIA ,
EUROPE ,
NORTH AMERICA ,
SOUTH AMERICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
C3550185901-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
14
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Pasture

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Ramankutty, N., Evan, A. T., Monfreda, C., & Foley, J. A. (2010). Global Agricultural Lands: Pastures, 2000 (Version 1.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H47H1GGR Date Accessed: 2026-05-06

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Global ``Climate Opportunity Benefit'' of Forest Regeneration: Cooley, Savannah S., Moore, Elisabeth, Martinez, Jianna, Fahlen, Jocelyn, Maybach, Erin, Gollerkeri, Maya, Rao Vasa, Anjali, KouGiesbrecht, Sian, Huddell, Alexandra M., Norton, Linnea, CawseNicholson, Kerry, DeFries, Ruth, Uriarte, Maria, Menge, Duncan N. L. Pasture, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Predicting future meteorological drought risk in mainland China using Huang, Chenyao, She, Dunxian, Liu, Xinbo, Zhang, Yanjun, Wu, Yingying, Shi, Xinrong, Wei, Yiheng Pasture, Cropland, Water Resources
Seasonal Exposure to Hemispheric Conservation Challenges Influences Seavy, Nathaniel E., Smith, Melanie A., DeLuca, William V., Knight, Erika J., Witko, Chad J., Saunders, Sarah P., Taylor, Lotem, LineroTriana, Daniela, VelasquezTibata, Jorge, Wilsey, Chad B., Deppe, Jill L. Pasture
Regeneration of an endangered plant species endemic to the remote Wu, Hao, Lyu, Linyu, Xiao, Zhiqiang, Yang, Teng, Jiang, Mingxi, Wei, Xinzeng Pasture, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Cropland, Water Resources
A cost-effective approach to identify conservation priority for 30 30 biodiversity target on the premise of food security Hou, Shuyu, Yang, Rui, Zhao, Zhicong, Cao, Yue, Tseng, Tz-Hsuan, Wang, Fangyi, Wang, Hao, Wang, Pei, Wang, Xiaoshan, Yu, Le Pasture
Consistent ecosystem service bundles emerge across global mountain, island and delta systems Oliver Reader, M., Eppinga, Maarten B., de Boer, Hugo J., Petchey, Owen L., Santos, Maria J. AMPHIBIANS, Pasture, MAMMALS
Socioecological dynamics of diverse global permafrost-agroecosystems under environmental change Ward Jones, Melissa, Habeck, Joachim Otto, Ulrich, Mathias, Crate, Susan, Gannon, Glenna, Schwoerer, Tobias, Jones, Benjamin, Kanevskiy, Mikhail, Baral, Prashant, Maharjan, Amina, Steiner, Jakob, Spring, Andrew, Price, Mindy Jewell, Bysouth, David, Forbes, Bruce C., Verdonen, Mariana, Kumpula, Timo, Strauss, Jens, Windirsch, Torben, Poeplau, Christopher, Shur, Yuri, Gaglioti, Benjamin, Parlato, Nicholas, Tao, Fulu, Turetsky, Merritt, Grand, Stephanie, Unc, Adrian, Borchard, Nils Pasture
Biodiversity mediates relationships between anthropogenic drivers and ecosystem services across global mountain, island and delta systems Reader, Martin Oliver, Eppinga, Maarten B., de Boer, Hugo Jan, Damm, Alexander, Petchey, Owen L., Santos, Maria J. Pasture, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Population Size, AMPHIBIANS, MAMMALS
Fast track to failure? Energy transition minerals and the future of consultation and consent Owen, John R., Kemp, Deanna, Harris, Jill, Lechner, Alex M., Lebre, Eleonore Pasture
Probabilistic impacts of compound dry and hot events on global gross primary production Wu, Xinying, Jiang, Dabang Cropland, Water Resources, Pasture
Remote sensing of grassland production and managementA review Reinermann, Sophie, Asam, Sarah, Kuenzer, Claudia Pasture
Which forests could be protected by corporate zero deforestation commitments? A spatial assessment Leijten, Floris, Sim, Sarah, King, Henry, Verburg, Peter H Pasture
Niche Modeling of Economically Important Mahanarva (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) Species in South and Central America: Are Brazilian Spittlebug Sugarcane Pests Potential Invaders of South and Central America? Schobel, Christian, Carvalho, Gervasio S Cropland, Water Resources, Pasture
Climatic influence on anthrax suitability in warming northern latitudes Walsh, Michael G., de Smalen, Allard W., Mor, Siobhan M. Pasture
Geospatial modeling and mapping de Sherbinin, Alex, Bai, Ling Cropland, Water Resources, Pasture
Routledge handbook of environmental displacement and migration Cropland, Water Resources, Pasture
The role of Latin America's land and water resources for global food security: environmental trade-offs of future food production pathways Flachsbarth, Insa, Willaarts, Barbara, Xie, Hua, Pitois, Gauthier, Mueller, Nathaniel D., Ringler, Claudia, Garrido, Alberto Pasture
Farming the planet: 1. Geographic distribution of global agricultural lands in the year 2000 Ramankutty, Navin, Evan, Amato T., Monfreda, Chad, Foley, Jonathan A. Cropland, Water Resources, Pasture
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