This document summarizes the process of developing and publishing a book on socio-ecological systems. It describes the author's participation in conferences that motivated the project. It details the proposal, contributions from 13 chapters across 4 national and 2 cross-border settings on 3 continents. It acknowledges some errors that will be corrected online. Finally, it highlights the book as a valuable resource across multiple disciplines and thanks benefactors for their support.

1. Opportunities in Challenges: The
Story of the Book Presentation
Olawale Emmanuel Olayide, PhD, Post-Doc
Research Fellow & Principal Investigator
Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan,
Nigeria
waleolayide@yahoo.com; oe.olayide@ui.edu.ng
+2348035973449
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-0807

2. Outline of Presentation
• The Backstage
• The Book
• The Benefactors

3. The Backstage
• CIRCLE Post-doctoral Fellowship,
2015; Symposium on Climate
Change Adaptation in Africa
(SCCAA) 2016, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia & Interconnections
Conference 2017 in Bonn,
Germany
• Motivations and the bid for
2018 SCCAA
• Modalities for hosting SCCAA
• Making the move (networking &
partnership)
• The proposal for the book
project

4. The Book
• Hard copy
• Online version

5. Some Statistics
National States Cross-border
4
2
1
Settings
3
5
7
13
14
209
Continents
Residency/Countries
Chapters
Contributors
Affiliations
Pages
Periscope

6. …not so perfect
• Some errors
- Collation
- Typographical
- Omission
- Commission
Errors will be corrected in the online version

7. …and, it is a masterpiece
• Leading the frontier in readings in Socio-
ecological Systems
• Quality binding and lamination
• Illustrative and bar-coded cover (SDGs 11, 14 &
15)
• Content-rich and multi- and transdisciplinary
• Recommended text for subjects such as:
Ecological Systems, Climate Change, Disaster Risk
Management, Waste Management, Sustainability
Science, Natural Resource Management, etc

8. The Benefactors

9. Thank you & God bless