Special Terms of Service for Global Forest Watch Pro
Updated July 23, 2024
A. This Terms of Service is additive to the General Terms of Use and applies if You have a Global Forest Watch Pro account with Us. The purpose of Global Forest Watch Pro is to offer the latest data, technology, and tools that empower people everywhere to better protect forests for the sole purpose of directly advancing the WRI Mission and is included in the Purpose. Please note that this section is deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Terms.
B. When You register for a Global Forest Watch Pro account, We require that You accept a separate license agreement that specifies free and fee-based usage options. If We have entered into a license agreement with You, the terms of that separate license agreement including any exhibits and attachments thereof shall prevail over these Terms to the extent of any inconsistency.
C. You may only use the Global Forest Watch Pro application (pro.globalforestwatch.org) as an authorized user on behalf of a registered account by a legal entity. When You request to open an account in Global Forest Watch Pro, the following conditions must be met: (1) You are applying on behalf of a legal entity that works with and is actively involved in commodity supply chains and/or their financing or as otherwise acceptable to WRI in its sole discretion; (2) You are authorized to act on behalf of such entity; (3) the application is sent from a valid email address from such entity; and (4) no other application or registration for this legal entity or its affiliates exists. WRI may request additional information in order to confirm these conditions are met.
D. You acknowledge that We own and shall retain all copyrights and other intellectual property rights to and in Global Forest Watch Pro map-based visualizations, geospatial analytics, calculated metrics and statistics, downloadable reports, exports of calculated values, and other outputs (collectively “GFW Pro Content”). Subject to the terms and conditions of a license agreement, the legal entity will be granted a license for use of GFW Pro Content on the GFW Platform under terms provided therein that may include a certain amount of free use as well as rights to share directly with government authorities for compliance reporting with regulatory requirements and directly with governing nonprofit organizations for reporting progress against voluntary environmental and supply chain commitments. More information about the license can be obtained by emailing gfwprosales@wri.org.
E. When providing attribution for use of GFW Pro Content, You may not in any way assert or imply that We endorse You or Your and Your entity’s use of our content. The attribution requirements for GFW Pro Content and third party sources of proprietary content will be provided to enterprise account holders.