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+# create environment
+# $ conda env create -f environment.yml
+# $ conda activate rclimax
+name: rclimax
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+  - defaults
+dependencies:
+  - r-base
+  - r-essentials
+  - r-rgdal
+  - r-raster
+  - r-ncdf4
+  - r-pathlibr