# FAOSTAT as a Gemini Notebook source > UN statistics on crops, livestock, land use and food security for 245 countries, with free downloads back to 1961. Strong grounding for agriculture research. _Markdown version of https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/faostat — for AI and LLM crawlers. Content is identical to the web page._ --- - Site: [fao.org/faostat](https://www.fao.org/faostat/en) - Category: Environment & earth science - Access: free UN statistics on crops, livestock, land use and food security for 245 countries, with free downloads back to 1961. Strong grounding for agriculture research. FAOSTAT's country-level data on crops, livestock and land use goes back to 1961 and downloads for free, which supports long-run agriculture or food security questions that need historical depth rather than a single year's snapshot. As the UN's own agricultural data body it's the standard reference here. Reporting quality behind the numbers still depends on each country's own statistical systems, so cross-country comparisons deserve a little skepticism. ## Import into Gemini Notebook 1. Copy the link: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en 2. In your notebook, click Add source → Website. 3. Paste the link and confirm — several links can be pasted at once, one per line. **Tip:** Raw climate and geodata rarely imports directly — bring in the documentation, technical reports and summary pages instead of the datasets themselves. ## More environment & earth science sources - [Copernicus Climate Data Store](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/copernicus-climate-data-store.md) — EU climate reanalysis and projection datasets such as ERA5. Raw data needs processing first; the dataset documentation pages import as sources. - [CORINE Land Cover](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/corine-land-cover.md) — European land-cover maps in 44 classes, tracked since 1990. The GIS data itself won't import; use the product documentation and technical reports. - [EarthChem Data Services](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/earthchem-data-services.md) — Open geochemistry, geochronology and petrology datasets from the earth science community. Good grounding for rock and sediment chemistry questions. - [EMODnet Digital Bathymetry](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/emodnet-digital-bathymetry.md) — Seafloor depth model for Europe's sea basins built from thousands of surveys. The documentation pages work as sources for marine mapping projects. - [GBIF](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/gbif.md) — Open records of where species have been observed worldwide — hundreds of millions of occurrences. Species and dataset pages cite the original surveys. - [GEBCO – General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/gebco-general-bathymetric-chart-of-the-oceans.md) — The standard global ocean depth grid, free to download. Its documentation and cookbook pages ground questions about seafloor mapping. - [Global Human Settlement Layer](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/global-human-settlement-layer.md) — EU JRC grids tracking built-up land and population worldwide across decades. The technical report PDFs import cleanly and explain each layer's methodology. - [International Energy Agency Data](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/international-energy-agency-data.md) — Energy production, consumption, and emissions statistics by country. Free report PDFs and data explorers; full datasets require a license. - [International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Data](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/international-ocean-discovery-program-iodp-data.md) — Core samples, borehole logs, and site data from decades of scientific ocean drilling. Expedition reports are open-access and import well as PDFs. - [IPCC Data Distribution Centre](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/ipcc-data-distribution-centre.md) — Climate scenario data and socio-economic baselines behind IPCC assessments. Pair its guidance documents with the assessment reports for a grounded climate notebook. - [IRIS / EarthScope Data Services](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/iris-earthscope-data-services.md) — Open seismic waveform archives and station metadata for global earthquake research. Tutorials and data product pages work well as web sources. - [ISC Bulletin](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/isc-bulletin.md) — Reviewed global earthquake catalogue reaching back to 1900, with relocated hypocentres. Event pages have stable URLs that work as Website sources. - [NASA Earthdata](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/nasa-earthdata.md) — Gateway to NASA's satellite and field observations of Earth. Dataset landing pages and user guides make solid sources for remote-sensing notebooks. - [National Weather Service](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/national-weather-service.md) — Official US forecasts, warnings, and climate records. Storm summaries and climate report pages import well for weather-event research. - [NOAA NCEI](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/noaa-ncei.md) — The US archive of climate, ocean, and geophysical records. Monthly climate reports and station data exports ground climate-trend notebooks in real numbers. - [Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/ocean-biodiversity-information-system-obis.md) — UNESCO-backed records of where marine species live and in what numbers. Export occurrence data as CSV to ground marine ecology notebooks. - [OneGeology Portal](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/onegeology-portal.md) — Interactive map layering geological survey data from countries worldwide. Best paired with survey publications, since the maps themselves don't import. - [PANGAEA](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/pangaea.md) — Earth and environmental science data repository with DOIs. Each dataset's landing page carries methods and metadata that ground climate and ocean research well. - [U.S. Energy Information Administration](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/u-s-energy-information-administration.md) — US energy numbers: production, consumption, prices, and forecasts. The Annual Energy Outlook PDFs work especially well as notebook sources. - [USGS EarthExplorer](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/usgs-earthexplorer.md) — Portal for Landsat scenes, aerial photos, and land-cover products. The imagery itself won't import, but scene metadata and docs support remote-sensing work. - [USGS Earthquake Catalog](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/usgs-earthquake-catalog.md) — Searchable record of earthquakes worldwide, historical through near real-time. Filter by magnitude, date, and region, then export events as CSV. - [USGS National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB)](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/usgs-national-geologic-map-database-ngmdb.md) — Archive of US geologic maps, reports, and stratigraphic names. Many older survey publications are scanned PDFs that upload straight into a notebook. - [USGS The National Map](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/usgs-the-national-map.md) — Downloadable US elevation, hydrography, and topographic layers. The user guides and layer documentation make useful GIS reference sources. - [World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/world-bank-climate-change-knowledge-portal.md) — Historical and projected climate variables by country, plus risk profiles. The country climate summaries work well as Website sources. - [World Ocean Atlas](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/world-ocean-atlas.md) — NOAA climatologies of ocean temperature, salinity, oxygen, and nutrients. The atlas documentation PDFs are the part worth importing. - [WorldClim](https://gemini-notebook-hub.online/sources/worldclim.md) — Gridded global climate layers, historical and future scenarios, for ecology and GIS modeling. Import the methods pages to document your variables.