Geospatial covariate data layers Covariates / Distance to IUCN strict nature reserve and wilderness area edges 2000-2017 / Colombia 100m. Covariates

Distance to IUCN strict nature reserve and wilderness area edges, Colombia

The dataset is available to download in Geotiff format at a resolution of 3 arc (approximately 100m at the equator). The projection is Geographic Coordinate System, WGS84. The values of the raster are the distance (in kilometres) from the cell centre to the nearest feature.

Filenames: Example - col_wdpa_dst_cat1_100m_2001.tif represents the distance to IUCN strict nature reserve and wilderness area edges in Colombia for the year 2001.

Data Source: UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre and International Union for Conservation of Nature's World Commission on Protected Areas, Protected Planet (https://www.protectedplanet.net/c/about).


Region : Colombia
DOI : 10.5258/SOTON/WP00644
Date of production : 2018-11-02
Recommended citation

WorldPop (www.worldpop.org - School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton; Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Louisville; Departement de Geographie, Universite de Namur) and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University (2018). Global High Resolution Population Denominators Project - Funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1134076). https://dx.doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/WP00644


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