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Appendix A Scientific Practices To examine how any change in data policy or database legislation might affect research in environmental science it is important to understand how the scientific research community uses data. The basic principles that govern this aspect of modern scientific research have evolved so as to promote and reward creativity among individual researchers in a context of a professional ethics code aimed at preserving the credibility and integrity of the scientific process.
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92 The Privatization of Environmental Data and rewards for scientists (e.g., promotion and tenure in academia, salary increases, continued research support, and professional medals and honors) all derive ultimately from the reputation of the individual scientist among peers.
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Appendix A . 93 Respect copyright protection by adhering to the limits dictated by the fair use exception (see Appendix B)
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94 The Privatization of Environmental Data The infrastructure of scientific publication and community criticism is particularly important in scientific assessments of the state of knowledge in particular areas. An example is the assessment of global warming, which is carried out every five years by hundreds of scientists from around the world under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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