geobr (version 1.1)

read_amazon: Download official data of Brazil's Legal Amazon as an sf object.

Description

This data set covers the whole of Brazil's Legal Amazon as defined in the federal law n. 12.651/2012). The original data comes from the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (MMA) and can be found at http://mapas.mma.gov.br/i3geo/datadownload.htm .

Usage

read_amazon(year = NULL)

Arguments

year

A date number in YYYY format (defaults to 2012)

See Also

Other general area functions: read_biomes, read_census_tract, read_conservation_units, read_country, read_immediate_region, read_intermediate_region, read_meso_region, read_micro_region, read_municipality, read_region, read_semiarid, read_state, read_statistical_grid, read_weighting_area

Examples

# NOT RUN {
library(geobr)

# Read Brazilian Legal Amazon
  a <- read_amazon(year=2012)
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }