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IIARD INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (IJGEM )

E-ISSN 2504-8821
P-ISSN 2695-1878
VOL. 10 NO. 10 2024
DOI: 10.56201/ijgem.v10.no10.2024.pg60.69

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Monitoring And Assessment of Nature: A Review

Ayodeji K. Ogundana

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Abstract

Monitoring and assessing the socio-ecological systems involves a lot of complexities. Several innovations is needed for rural communities to understand the relevance of building a resilience socio-ecological system. To this end, the study focused on exploring the various monitoring and assessment methods of the ecosystem giving relevant examples, identification of the nature-based solutions according to forensic search from literature and studying the socio-ecological systems based on climate change. The findings revealed that there are still gaps to fill in the area of building a sustainable resilience and adaptation. This include; insight into the interdisciplinary context on the management of the ecosystem by involving all stakeholders. Furthermore, in-depth study on the use of innovation and technology that could help the local communities in the building of a robust socio-ecological resilience. Thus, making it possible to address the global impact of caused by change in climate

keywords:

Socio-ecological system, Resilience, Adaptation, Climate, Biodiversity

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