Managing Environmental Conflict in the Oil-producing Areas of the Niger Delta, Nigeria
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2010
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Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Abstract
In the process of extracting oil in the oil producing areas of the Niger Delta, Nigeria in the past four decades, ecological devastation on the one hand and neglect arising from crude oil production on the other hand has left much of the Niger Delta desolate, uninhabitable and poor. This study critically examines the Nigerian Federal Government management of the Niger Delta crisis through its interventionist agencies in order to determine whether they have succeeded in reducing the level of poverty, thereby improving the living and environmental conditions in the oil producing areas of the Niger Delta, Nigeria.
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Environmental Degradation, Conflict Management, Development Agencies, Niger Delta, Nigeria
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Babatunde, A.O (2010). Managing Environmental Conflict in the Oil-producing Areas of the Niger Delta, Nigeria. In Dynamics of Peace Processes, Albert, I.O. and I.O Oloyede I.O (eds.). 487-500. Ilorin: Published by the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.