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# Global-200 Ecoregions
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## Data source
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* Title: World Wildlife Fund - Global 200 (terrestrial) Ecoregions
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* Web URL: https://databasin.org/datasets/a5b34649cc69417ba52ac8e2dce34c3b; interactive maps at https://databasin.org/maps/
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(from web page)
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"WWF’s Global 200 project analyzed global patterns of biodiversity to identify a set of the Earth's terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecoregions that harbor exceptional biodiversity and are representative of its ecosystems.
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We placed each of the Earth's ecoregions within a system of 30 biomes and biogeographic realms to facilitate a representation analysis. Biodiversity features were compared among ecoregions to assess their irreplaceability or distinctiveness. These features included species richness, endemic species, unusual higher taxa, unusual ecological or evolutionary phenomena, and the global rarity of habitats.
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This process yielded 238 ecoregions--the Global 200--comprised of 142 terrestrial, 53 freshwater, and 43 marine priority ecoregions.
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Effective conservation in these ecoregions would help conserve the most outstanding and representative habitats for biodiversity on this planet."
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## Technical information
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* Report available at https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/global-200
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* Spatial resolution: ???; coverage -60 .. 90 latitude -180 .. 180 lon.
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* Temporal coverage: year 2000 (?)
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* Data format: ArcGIS
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* Data access: https://databasin.org/datasets/a5b34649cc69417ba52ac8e2dce34c3b;
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local copy available on /p/largedata/cstes/geodata/toar/geodata/g200_ecoregions
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* Data use policy: "You may reproduce, publish,
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and/or display portions of the Data Basin content only as is necessary to
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display data for your non-commercial purpose and only if you (1) cite CBI as
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the owner of Data Basin and (2) abide by any use constraints in citing
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third-party data. [...] You may not copy, reproduce, publish, display,
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make derivative works from, or reverse engineer the Data Basin platform
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or the Content." - complete text in TERMS OF USE.txt file.
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* Citation: Olson, D. M., Dinerstein, E. 2002. The Global 200: Priority ecoregions for global conservation. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89(2):199-224.
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* Originator: Conservation Science Program - World Wildlife Fund
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* Contact: nasser.olwero@wwfus.org
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### Processing description at JSC
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Data downloaded on <DATE> by Amirpasha.
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Permanent local storage of original files on <CSTES-Path (please ask Sabine!)>.
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Rasdaman import by <NAME> on <DATE>.
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Old python script for value extraction at stations: not available
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## Rasdaman metadata
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* Coverage name: WWF_G200_Ecoregions
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* Dimensions: Lat, Lon
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* Field name: ecoregions
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* Coverage metadata:
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* data_source:
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* data_url:
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* data_description:
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* citation:
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[rg_ecoregions.json](uploads/...) |
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