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This Legal Notice governs the use of the Kashmir EcoWatch website, environmental intelligence platform, digital services, datasets, publications, maps, dashboards, and related resources.
This Legal Notice governs the use of the Kashmir EcoWatch (KEW) website, environmental intelligence platform, digital services, datasets, publications, maps, dashboards, and related resources.
By accessing or using Kashmir EcoWatch, you acknowledge this Legal Notice and agree to use the platform responsibly and in accordance with applicable laws.
Kashmir EcoWatch is an independent environmental intelligence and monitoring initiative dedicated to advancing environmental research, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem monitoring, climate resilience, hazard intelligence, and evidence-based environmental awareness across the Western Himalayan region.
KEW operates as an educational, scientific, and environmental information platform.
Kashmir EcoWatch monitors environmental systems across the Western Himalayan region, including areas administered by different authorities.
Geographic names, maps, regional classifications, environmental boundaries, and administrative references are provided solely for scientific, environmental, research, educational, and operational purposes.
Nothing on this platform should be interpreted as expressing any opinion regarding sovereignty, international boundaries, territorial status, political claims, or diplomatic positions.
Maps and geographic representations are intended exclusively to support environmental monitoring, ecological analysis, and scientific understanding.
Environmental information published by KEW is intended for:
This information should NOT be relied upon as the sole basis for:
Users should consult the appropriate authorities where official information is required.
KEW integrates information from a variety of sources, which may include:
Individual datasets remain subject to their respective licensing terms, attribution requirements, and update schedules.
Reasonable efforts are made to ensure that information published on KEW is accurate, current, and scientifically credible. However:
Accordingly, KEW does not guarantee that all information is complete, current, or free from errors at all times.
Environmental observations submitted by users may undergo review, validation, classification, and quality assessment before publication. KEW reserves the right to:
This helps maintain scientific integrity and data quality across the platform.
To support conservation objectives, KEW may intentionally limit, generalise, or withhold precise geographic information relating to:
Such measures are intended to reduce the risk of disturbance or exploitation of vulnerable ecosystems and species.
Unless otherwise stated, the original content published by Kashmir EcoWatch — including text, graphics, visualisations, reports, dashboards, website design, and documentation — is protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
Third-party datasets, imagery, maps, publications, and environmental resources remain the property of their respective owners and are used in accordance with their applicable licences and attribution requirements.
Unauthorised reproduction, extraction, redistribution, reverse engineering, imitation, or commercial exploitation of KEW content is prohibited without prior written authorisation.
KEW may provide links to third-party websites, datasets, publications, or environmental resources for informational purposes.
Kashmir EcoWatch is not responsible for the availability, content, accuracy, privacy practices, or policies of external websites. External links do not constitute endorsement.
KEW may periodically update, modify, suspend, or discontinue features, datasets, dashboards, or services to improve platform quality, security, or performance.
Reasonable efforts are made to maintain service availability, but uninterrupted access cannot be guaranteed.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Kashmir EcoWatch, its contributors, collaborators, and affiliated organisations shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from:
Users remain responsible for exercising independent judgement when using environmental information.
Where KEW publishes datasets designated as open data, users must comply with the applicable licensing conditions and provide appropriate attribution where required.
Some datasets displayed on the platform may remain subject to third-party licensing restrictions and may not be redistributed without authorisation.
This Legal Notice may be revised periodically to reflect legal, scientific, operational, or organisational developments. The latest published version will always supersede previous versions.
Continued use of the platform after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised Legal Notice.
Questions regarding this Legal Notice may be submitted through the official Kashmir EcoWatch contact channels available on this website.
Published is fixed at the original date. Last Updated is revised on each notice change.