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Peer-reviewedCC BY 4.0PLOS Ecosystems

Ambiguous data licences undermine global ecosystem mapping efforts

  • Falko Buschke1
  • David Patterson2
  • Benjamin J. Cresswell
  • Naema Gros-Dubois
  • Thomas J. Lloyd
  • Lela Gomersall
  • Alys R. Young
  • Yana Gevorgyan
  • Nicholas J. Murray
  1. 1Global Ecosystems Atlas, Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland
  2. 2College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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Abstract

To be accurate and useful, global ecosystem maps must bring together local expertise from various sources. Unclear data licensing conditions are a major obstacle to such efforts. Custodians of ecosystem information should be explicit about how their data can be reused.

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@article{buschke2026ambiguous,
  title = {{Ambiguous data licences undermine global ecosystem mapping efforts}},
  author = {Falko Buschke and David Patterson and Benjamin J. Cresswell and Naema Gros-Dubois and Thomas J. Lloyd and Lela Gomersall and Alys R. Young and Yana Gevorgyan and Nicholas J. Murray},
  journal = {PLOS Ecosystems},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pesy.0000017},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pesy.0000017},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Ambiguous data licences undermine global ecosystem mapping efforts
AU  - Falko Buschke
AU  - David Patterson
AU  - Benjamin J. Cresswell
AU  - Naema Gros-Dubois
AU  - Thomas J. Lloyd
AU  - Lela Gomersall
AU  - Alys R. Young
AU  - Yana Gevorgyan
AU  - Nicholas J. Murray
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/08
JO  - PLOS Ecosystems
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pesy.0000017
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pesy.0000017
AB  - To be accurate and useful, global ecosystem maps must bring together local expertise from various sources. Unclear data licensing conditions are a major obstacle to such efforts. Custodians of ecosystem information should be explicit about how their data can be reused.
SN  - 3070-8141
ER  -