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Data Sources

Evidence / Sources

Follow every claim back to its source.

A source record should say who produced the evidence, how it was collected, what it covers, what rights govern it, what transformations were applied, and when it was verified.

Not connected

No governed source catalog is connected to this private draft.

No data source is connected for this collection, so there is nothing to report here yet. This is not a measurement of zero.

No data source is connected for data-sources.

Source types

Different evidence types require different treatment.

  • Official statistics

    Published statistical series and administrative measures.

  • Remote sensing

    Earth-observation and geospatial evidence with explicit methods and resolution.

  • Administrative records

    Operational records whose collection purpose and coverage must be understood.

  • Research

    Peer-reviewed, working, or commissioned research with review status visible.

  • Community knowledge

    Local and lived knowledge carried with consent, rights, context, and stewardship.

  • Modeled estimates

    Derived values whose assumptions and uncertainty remain visible.

Data governance

Access is part of provenance.

Community and Indigenous data governance, privacy, consent, licensing, confidentiality, and reuse conditions must travel with the evidence rather than being separated from it.

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