[Coral-List] UNEP-WCMC global coral distribution shapefile

[Shapiro, Aurelie]

Greetings,

Could anyone help me find the UNEP-WCMC global coral distribution
shapefile? I'm looking for the GIS shapefile in either polygon or line
format (no points) that shows general reef locations throughout the
world. This is the dataset you see on reefbase online GIS, but it is not
included in any of their downloads. This is for display/map purposes and
no analyses. The metadata, which I found on the conservation geoportal
is below.

any help would be greatly appreciated, 

thanks!

aurelie

Content Title: 
Global distribution of coral reefs (polygon) 
Content Type: 
Offline data 
Publication Date: 
2001 
Content Description
Content Summary: 
The coral reef dataset has been compiled by UNEP-WCMC to show the global
distribution of coral reefs. This dataset has been created from multiple
sources and was used in the creation of the "World Atlas of Coral Reefs"
(2001). For a complete overview of global coral reef distribution this
dataset should be displayed together with the associated line dataset. 
Content Purpose: 
The purpose of this dataset is to assist environmental researchers in
understanding the global distribution and status of, coral reefs. The
dataset has been developed alongside the publication "World Atlas of
Coral Reefs, Spalding, M., Ravilious, C. and Green, R. 2001". 
Time Period of Content
Beginning Date: 
2001 
Content Status
Progress: 
Complete 
Update Frequency: 
None planned 
Spatial Domain
West Coordinate: 
-176.645705 
East Coordinate: 
170.236156 
North Coordinate: 
32.39093 
South Coordinate: 
-24.666682 
Coverage Area: 
global, world 
Content Keywords
Theme Keywords: 
coral reefs, coral, reefs, UNEP-WCMC 
Place Keywords: 
global, world 
Spatial Data Information
Data Type: 
Vector 
Data Scale: 
unknown 


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Aurelie C. Shapiro
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Conservation Science Program
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