The Effect of Security on Environmental Development in Nigeria
Publisher: Erudite Journal
Author(s): Daramola Oluwatoyin
Date: 2019
Topics: Governance, Livelihoods, Public Health
Countries: Nigeria
This paper discussed the effect of security on environmental development in Nigeria. The growing outbreaks of violent conflict may be linked to environmental degradation and scarcity. Environment and security has become an object of interest to both political and environmental science in the country. The road to mutually reinforcing activities is blocked by several antagonisms, however, the heavy emphasis on the national level has precluded the tapping of the wealth of conflict knowledge in anthropology. An improved relationship between the security and environment fields is suggested by clarifying and linking the generalized “causal stories” that security and environmental scientists tell around their core concepts (security and sustainability, respectively). On that basis, and if focusing on a (subnational) scale that facilitates the involvement of anthropology too, joint research projects can yield a balanced understanding of the links between environment and security. Examining how environmental preservation will enhance security and other interests over time, might lead decision makers to adopt more appropriate longterm strategies that address the underlying causes of problems. It is therefore recommended that policymakers must be best served by framing international environmental priorities in terms of a broad set of interests, including but not limited to security concerns.