[Portugal] Parceria da IUCN red list e o Wikimedia Commons

[Alexandre Neto]

A IUCN disponibilizou os dados de distribuição de espécies ameaçadas para
que sejam feitos mapas que possam ser distribuídos sob uma licença Creative
Commons By-SA 2.0.


A Wikimedia Commons lança o apelo aqueles que estiverem interessados em
ajudar na produção dos mesmos. Mais informações
em:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:IUCN_red_list


Alexandre Neto


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International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural
Resources<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Union_for_the_Conservation_of_Nature_and_Natural_Resources>(IUCN)

The *IUCN red list* has agreed to license distribution maps derived from the
data present on their website with a Creative Commons By-SA 2.0. There are
currently around 25,000 maps for many species of mammals, amphibians,
reptiles and corals.

We need help producing the maps, inputting description and source of the
images (including translations), and uploading them to Commons. You can read
more on how you can help
here<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:IUCN_red_list>
.
How you can help

   - If you have some sort of GIS software installed on your computer (check
   list here<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographic_information_systems_software>)
   that can read shapefiles, download the spatial data from spatial
data<http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/spatial-data>
   .
      - Check if the species you want to draw a map for does not have a
      distribution map already (check the species category, Category:Animal
      distribution
maps<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Animal_distribution_maps>
      , Category:Flora distribution
maps<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Flora_distribution_maps>,
      or Category:IUCN distribution
maps<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:IUCN_distribution_maps>
      ).
      - Use as background a free world map, such as the one found at Natural
      Earth<http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/>
       (public domain <http://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/>). For
      specific countries, you can also use the ones
atCloudMade<http://downloads.cloudmade.com/>
       (CC-BY-SA-2.0).
      - Export the map for the species you are interested in PNG or SVG
      formats.
      - Upload it to Commons, with the information mentioned above.
   - Check that the maps in Category:IUCN distribution
maps<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:IUCN_distribution_maps>
    have the information above.
   - Check if the maps are categorized properly.
   - Check if newer data is available at the IUCN website.





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