Function to download WDPA data for a country

This function downloads the WDPA shapefile for a country (www.protectedplanet.net). If the file is already on disk it will not perform the download.

getWDPA(cod, destfolder = "WDPA", unzip = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

cod	Three letter ISO code for the country.
destfolder	The destination folder
unzip	Unzip the downloaded files? Defaults to TRUE
...	Options for download.file()

Details

https://www.protectedplanet.net

Author

Andrea Sánchez-Tapia & Sara Mortara

Examples

if (FALSE) {
getWDPA(cod = "BRA", unzip = TRUE)
}