An Assessment of Environmental and Financial Accounting Issues in the Operations of Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria
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2009
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Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State
Abstract
This study is an assessment of vital environmental accounting parameters such as the degree of environmental degradation, depletion pollution among others which influence economic development and management of the environment where oil and gas industries operate in Nigeria was undertaken with a view to determining the economic losses incurred by the country through environmental degradation occasioned by oil spillage, pollution, as flaring, drainage to the ecosystem and recommend appropriate strategies that would enhance best management practices in the industry...
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Environmental hazards, environmental accounting, environmental degradation, environmental impact assessment