Ecuador National, Provincial, and Protected Area Boundaries

Four ESRI ARCGIS Shapefiles define the national and provincial borders of Ecuador alongside the boundaries of the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve and Yasuni National Park. The dataset is provided by ORNL_CLOUD. Sources show conflicting last update dates of 2001 and 2026.

Use Cases

• Overlaying protected area boundaries with land cover or deforestation data to assess conservation status.
• Mapping provincial administrative units for demographic or economic analysis.
• Delineating the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve and Yasuni National Park for habitat or biodiversity studies.
• Creating base maps for regional planning and environmental policy in Ecuador.

Strengths

• Includes boundaries for two major Amazonian protected areas: Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve and Yasuni National Park.
• Contains four distinct shapefiles for national, provincial, and park boundaries.

Limitations

• Conflicting metadata: last update date is listed as both 2001-12-31 and 2026-03 13 across sources.
• No column names, row counts, or specific file sizes are provided in the available metadata.
• License is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified'.

Provenance

Source

ORNL_CLOUD

Collection Method

Compiled as part of the LBA-ECO (Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia) project.

Time Range

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Freshness

2026-03-13 01:16:18.583997

Geography

Ecuador, including the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve and Yasuni National Park.