This repository contains code used to measure progress in spatial and thematic coverage of Red Lists of Ecosystems assessments in Africa.

It includes R-, Python- and Bash-scripts for data download, preparation and calculations. Outputs of the scripts are used in the following journal article:

Keith, D. A., Ghoraba, S. M. M., Kaly, E., Jones, K. R., Oosthuizen, A., Obura, D., Costa, H. M., Daniels, F., Duarte, E., Grantham, H., Gudka, M., Norman, J., Shannon, L. J., Skowno, A., & Ferrer-Paris, J. R. (2023). Contributions of Red Lists of Ecosystems to risk-based design and management of protected and conserved areas in Africa. Conservation Biology, 00, 00–00. DOI:10.1111/cobi.14169

Input data to use with this code is available at:

• Ferrer-Paris, José R, and David Keith. 2024. “Summarising Progress of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems in Africa.” OSF. March 1. DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/P5N9Q.
• Keith, David A., Ferrer-Paris, Jose R., Nicholson, Emily, & Kingsford, Richard T. (eds.) (2020). Indicative distribution maps for Ecosystem Functional Groups - Level 3 of IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Version 2.1.1) [Data set]. Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3546513