National human footprint maps for Peru and Ecuador

Human Footprint (HF) maps score human pressures based on their influence and integrate them into a single spatial index to assess the naturalness of ecosystems. We produced a historical series of national HF maps for Peru and Ecuador for Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG15) reporting. These maps integrate pressures from built environments, land use/land cover (LULC-agriculture, pasture, tree plantations), roads and railways, population density, electrical infrastructure, oil and gas infrastructure, and mining. The dataset includes HF maps and individual pressure maps for Peru from 2012 to 2021, as well as for Ecuador for the years 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022. These maps support the analysis of spatiotemporal patterns of human influence at national and subnational levels, enabling biodiversity monitoring, modelling, and conservation in these highly biodiverse countries.

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Scientific Data
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2025-12-24
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06301-0
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Environmental Impact and Sustainability
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National human footprint maps for Peru and Ecuador

Luis Angel Apaza Quispe, Pedro Tipula Tipula, J. Iglesias, William Llactayo et al.
Scientific Data
Environmental Impact and Sustainability
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National human footprint maps for Peru and Ecuador

Luis Angel Apaza Quispe, Pedro Tipula Tipula, J. Iglesias, William Llactayo, Holger Cepeda Zambrano, Anne Virnig, Francisco Fausto Charro Simbaña, José Aragón-Osejo, Freddy Albeiro Castrillón Valencia, Andrew J. Hansen, María José Sauma Chacón, Rodrigo Sierra, Oscar Venter, Tatiana Pequeño, Alexs Arana, Karen Rodríguez De la Vera, Luis Poveda, Carlos Oñate, Lorena Parra, Patricia Huerta, Raúl Tinoco, Walter Huamani, German Marchand, Lenin Beltrán, Fernando Proaño, Susana Rodríguez, Karla Jiménez, Daniel Borja
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Abstract

Human Footprint (HF) maps score human pressures based on their influence and integrate them into a single spatial index to assess the naturalness of ecosystems. We produced a historical series of national HF maps for Peru and Ecuador for Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG15) reporting. These maps integrate pressures from built environments, land use/land cover (LULC-agriculture, pasture, tree plantations), roads and railways, population density, electrical infrastructure, oil and gas infrastructure, and mining. The dataset includes HF maps and individual pressure maps for Peru from 2012 to 2021, as well as for Ecuador for the years 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022. These maps support the analysis of spatiotemporal patterns of human influence at national and subnational levels, enabling biodiversity monitoring, modelling, and conservation in these highly biodiverse countries.

Scientific DataVol. 13(1)
United Nations Development Programme (US), Federico Villarreal National University (PE), Rainforest Alliance (US), University of Northern British Columbia (CA), Montana State University (US), Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute (CO), Ministerio de Educación del Perú (PE), Center for International Forestry Research (PE), Ministerio de Salud Pública (EC), Universidad Iberoamericana del Ecuador (EC), Universidad de las Naciones (MX)
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