NEWS

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iucnr 0.0.3

• Updated package version to 0.0.3.
• Updated iucnrdata installation instructions across README.Rmd, README.md, and package startup messages to use R-Universe (install.packages('iucnrdata', repos = c('https://paulesantos.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))).
• Converted README.Rmd code chunks into executable R chunks evaluated during rendering.
• Updated Additional_repositories field in DESCRIPTION to https://paulesantos.r-universe.dev.

iucnr 0.0.2

• Updated package compatibility for iucnrdata schema (version 2026-1) based on GBIF dataset.
• Added fast in-memory matching and filtering using data.table.
• Added support for matching binomial species names (genus + specificEpithet) and full scientific names (scientificName).
• Updated .onAttach() startup message with cli rules and version/source information.
• Replaced full package imports with selective @importFrom to eliminate all namespace conflicts with tidyverse.
• Replaced iucnrdata::iucn_distribution with iucnrdata::iucn_threatstatus across package matching and taxonomic queries.
• Updated copyright year to 2026 across LICENSE and LICENSE.md.