Ambiguous data licences undermine global ecosystem mapping efforts
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.
Authors
- Thomas J. Lloyd
- Benjamin J. Cresswell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0191-8828)
- Alys Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9562-2253)
- Falko Buschke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1167-7810)
- Yana Gevorgyan
- David Patterson
- Naema Gros-Dubois
- Lela Gomersall
- Nicholas J. Murray
Institutions
- Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (CH)
- James Cook University (AU)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2026-09-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pesy.0000017
- Primary Topic
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government
- European Commission