Implementing contaminated land remediation in Nigeria: Insights from the Ogoni remediation project

Sam, Kabari; Zabbey, Nenibarini; Onyena, Amarachi Paschaline

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106051

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“…Over the last ve years of HYPREP's operations in Ogoniland, national and international stakeholders including civil society organizations (CSOs), community leaders, media, government and development agencies have expressed concerns on the effectiveness, technical competence and inclusive mechanisms of HYPREP (Sam et al, 2022). Speci cally, the role of women, and their participation has generated a national discourse in the media and local communities.…”

Section: Environmental Degradation In Nigeria and The Role Of Hyprepmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Speci cally, the role of women, and their participation has generated a national discourse in the media and local communities. It has been observed in several forums that the activities of HYPREP is negates social inclusion (Zeeuw et al, 2018;Sam et al, 2022), resulting in exclusion of women from the decision-making process relating to remediation activities, and makes HYPREP unresponsive to community concerns and expectations.…”

Section: Environmental Degradation In Nigeria and The Role Of Hyprepmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Over 98% of respondents are not satis ed with the current level of women participation in the clean-up process. This could be attributed to different factors including but not limited to level of awareness of the programme, lack of trust in government policy, and lack of community ownership of the clean-up exercise (Sam et al, 2022). For instance, a respondent commented thus during the FGD "we were not aware of the cleanup process not until civil society organization visited Eleme in 2017 for awareness and sensitization campaign that the issue of cleanup was for the rst time brought to the knowledge of women in Alode Eleme.…”

Section: Current Level Of Women Participation In Decision-making In T...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Inclusive environmental decision-making in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from the Ogoni remediation project, Niger Delta, Nigeria

Sam

Zibima

2023

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Greater involvement of women is globally believed to enhance environmental management outcomes. However, despite being disproportionately affected by environmental degradation primarily caused by oil spills in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, women in the region are often excluded in environmental decision-making processes. Women involved in farming and fishing face increased vulnerability to contaminated land, food insecurity and conflicts driven by environmental degradation. Using a mixed approach, women, lawmakers, policymakers, regulators, civil society organizations, environmental management practitioners, and government agents responsible for environmental remediation were engaged through interviews, focus group discussions and questionnaires to examine women inclusion in environmental decision-making and governance in the Ogoni contaminated land remediation project in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The results indicate that lack of trust and confidence in drivers of environmental decision-making process could affect women participation and involvement in environmental management. Although cultural beliefs and practices impede women participation in the region, women participation in itself does not translate to inclusion in environmental decision-making due to limited capacity, confidence and trust in the process. Creating platforms for capacity building, developing gender policy, adapting appropriate communication strategy, initiating women networks and strengthening social cohesion could enhance women involvement in environmental decision-making in regions with similar cultural context to the Niger Delta region.

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Section: Environmental Degradation In Nigeria and The Role Of Hyprepmentioning

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Section: Environmental Degradation In Nigeria and The Role Of Hyprepmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Inclusive environmental decision-making in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from the Ogoni remediation project, Niger Delta, Nigeria

Sam

Zibima

2023

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“…Nevertheless, recent studies observed that agitations for payment of compensation for decades of oil pollution, weak community engagement, persisting pipelines vandalisation, oil theft, illegal and artisanal oil refining resulted in additional oil spills and pose major setbacks to the clean-up and restoration exercise in Bodo (Giadom & Wills 2021; Kabari et al . 2022).…”

Section: Oil Pollution and Environmental Dislocationmentioning

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Oil exploitation and food insecurity in Nigeria's Niger Delta

Babatunde

2023

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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The destructive impacts of oil exploitation on the natural environment, which the inhabitants of the Niger Delta depend on for their livelihood, pose major threats to food security. Environmental damage alienates the local people from their ancestral lands and erodes their sources of livelihood. This study examines the effect of oil exploitation on the local people's access to sufficient, safe and culturally acceptable food. The study is based on data collected through interviews with key informants and Focus Group Discussions in the oil communities in Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States. Environmental and livelihood sustainability are intricately interconnected. They have significant implications for food security of people in the oil-rich region. Nutritional adequacy is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for food security because cultural acceptability is also required. This study addresses the interplay between these factors and their implications for household food security in the Niger Delta.

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“…The current legislation to manage contaminated sites in Nigeria has been reported to be undeveloped, poorly enforced, and ineffective at meeting stakeholder expectations (Ajayi and Ikporukpo, 2005;UNEP 2011;Sam et al, 2015;Sam et al, 2022).…”

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Contaminated land management policy transfer: Drivers and barriers within the Nigerian context

Sam¹

2022

Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Barriers to successful transfer of contaminated land management policy from one country to another include socio-cultural, economic and environmental differences. While weak contaminated land management regimes desire effective legislation and make efforts to transfer policies from established regimes, contextual differences or characteristics between the two countries involved is a key challenge. These differing characteristics include social values, economic strength, governance structure, and technical know-how. An investigation was conducted through workshop and interviews to determine core social values that are impacted due to contaminated land by oil spills in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Workshop was undertaken for participants involving community groups (N=35), while interviews involved contaminated land management regulator (N=8), experts in contaminated land management in the Niger Delta (N=6), and operators in the oil exploration industry (N=7). Water quality, soil quality for agriculture, farming and fishing, and health/wellbeing indicated core social values that influence contaminated land management decisions while stakeholders expressed long-term concern about economic losses, clean-up, environmental degradation and public engagement. It is proposed that policymakers should consider unique conditions and country-specific characteristics in the event of policy adaptation for contaminated land management. An alternative approach to improving contaminated land management is recommended that will account for core social values and accommodate varying perceptions of stakeholders.

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Implementing contaminated land remediation in Nigeria: Insights from the Ogoni remediation project

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Inclusive environmental decision-making in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from the Ogoni remediation project, Niger Delta, Nigeria

Inclusive environmental decision-making in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from the Ogoni remediation project, Niger Delta, Nigeria

Oil exploitation and food insecurity in Nigeria's Niger Delta

Contaminated land management policy transfer: Drivers and barriers within the Nigerian context

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