# Responsibilities and Agreements

This data set is provided in accordance with the licence agreement. This agreement does not extend to any other parties.

The use of the UNEP-WCMC forest data set is conditional on:

1. The data provided will only be used for the described purpose(s), by the recipient and third parties now and in the future.
2. The recipient and third parties will not publish the data or any part of it without acknowledging the copyright of the data
3. No copies of the data will be made for use by others without written consent from UNEP-WCMC
4. Permission must be obtained in writing before the information is used for purposes other than those described in the initial data request are carried out
5. The data must not be entered on a permanent computerised data set without written permission, and all computer files must be destroyed at the end of the study.
6. If a paper or report is based substantially on the information supplied, a draft of the whole, or those portions based on the provided data, should be submitted for review before circulation.
7. UNEP-WCMC shall be acknowledged in any publication relating to the data along with any other organisations identified by UNEP-WCMC as being information sources.
8. Unless otherwise agreed, three copies of any such publication will be supplied free of charge
9. Twelve months from the delivery of the data set, the recipient must contact UNEP-WCMC to ensure the data are still valid for the proposed purpose.