Oil and Environment in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Nexus between the Conflict and Prospects of a Sustainable Solution
Publisher: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy
Author(s): J.P. Afam Ifedi
Date: 2018
Topics: Extractive Resources, Public Health, Renewable Resources
Countries: Nigeria
The attendant net negative environmental, health and ecological impacts of the oil industry are a global phenomenon. Numerous studies of the environmental and ecological impact of oil sourcing on our planet and important, but unprotected, ecological areas have indicated significantly damaging and irreversible trends. In some regions the quality of water and air has become significantly degraded. There has been a negative impact on renewable natural resources, water purification, soil formation, biodiversity, and ecosystem services (such as climate regulation) in many places around the world where oil is found and extracted, as well as an increase in flooding and erosion. This is the case in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria which is in the throes of increasing agitation and militancy and a lasting solution to the problem has so far eluded the Nigerian state