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environmental monitoring  

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  • The repeated collection of environmental data to understand environmental change and inform decision-making. Environmental monitoring is carried out by the United Nations, intergovernmental, governmental, non-governmental, academic and commercial organisations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; environmental monitoring]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/environmental_monitoring

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