The Global Oasis Knowledge Hub

Oases are valuable ecosystems with millions of people depending on their ecosystem services. However, scientific knowledge of oases is scattered due to the diverse and spatially dispersed nature of their local conditions. Here we present "The Global Oasis Knowledge Hub", an open access literature database specifically focused on bringing together knowledge from various sources. Freely publicly available, it contains over 12,000 entries drawn from reviewed key literature, providing a valuable resource of oasis knowledge at its core, as well as closely related topics, that the global research community could utilize. The Global Oasis Knowledge Hub will be frequently updated with new literature, regularly expanding the repository of key references, supporting a deeper understanding of oasis ecosystems. In addition, the code used to create this knowledge hub is openly available on GitHub, allowing users to create their own customised knowledge hubs based on key literature. This initiative improves the accessibility of literature and facilitates knowledge sharing for researchers, policy makers and practitioners.