# Source: MoBI: Map of Biodiversity Importance
# Type: cog
# Catalog: STACConnector
# Generated by: folia catalog import
# Generated at: 2026-02-08T00:48:53.887877+00:00
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source:
  id: planetary-computer-mobi
  name: 'MoBI: Map of Biodiversity Importance'
  type: cog
  url: https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/api/stac/v1/collections/mobi
  description: 'The [Map of Biodiversity Importance](https://www.natureserve.org/conservation-tools/projects/map-biodiversity-importance)
    (MoBI) consists of raster maps that combine habitat information for 2,216 imperiled
    species occurring in the conterminous United States, using weightings based on
    range size and degree of protection to identify areas of high importance for biodiversity
    conservation. Species included in the project are those which, as of September
    2018, had a global conservation status of G1 (critical imperiled) or G2 (imperiled)
    or which are listed as threatened or endangered at the full species level under
    the United States Endangered Species Act. Taxonomic groups included in the project
    are vertebrates (birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, turtles, crocodilians,
    and freshwater and anadromous fishes), vascular plants, selected aquatic invertebrates
    (freshwater mussels and crayfish) and selected pollinators (bumblebees, butterflies,
    and skippers).


    There are three types of spatial data provided, described in more detail below:
    species richness, range-size rarity, and protection-weighted range-size rarity.  For
    each type, this data set includes five different layers – one for all species
    combined, and four additional layers that break the data down by taxonomic group
    (vertebrates, plants, freshwater invertebrates, and pollinators) – for a
    total of fifteen layers.


    These data layers are intended to identify areas of high potential value for on-the-ground
    biodiversity protection efforts. As a synthesis of predictive models, they cannot
    guarantee either the presence or absence of imperiled species at a given location.
    For site-specific decision-making, these data should be used in conjunction with
    field surveys and/or documented occurrence data, such as is available from the
    [NatureServe Network](https://www.natureserve.org/natureserve-network).

    '
  provider: NatureServe
  license: proprietary
  metadata:
    stac: true
    stac_api: true
    connector_id: planetary-computer
    tags:
    - MoBI
    - Natureserve
    - United States
    - Biodiversity
    dataset:
      tier: 1
      thematic_group: Ecology & Biodiversity
      format: cog
      crs: EPSG:4326
      temporal:
        range: 2020-04-14/2020-04-14
        type: snapshot
        default_range: latest
      quality:
        coverage: global
      layout:
        type: tiled
      stac_collection_id: mobi
      homepage: https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/api/stac/v1/collections/mobi