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This resource is part of the spatial data set Red List of Threatened Species released by IUCN. It is free to use under a non-commercial licence. For commercial uses, a request has to be sent to Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT).

Usage

get_iucn(paths = NULL)

Arguments

paths

A character vector to the respective species range files in GTiff format. Note, that theses files have to be downloaded manually.

Value

A function that returns an sf footprint object.

Details

To use this data in mapme workflows, you will have to manually download the global data set and point towards the file path on your local machine. Please find the available data under the source link given below.

References

IUCN (2024). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01284-8