Legal and institutional framework of environmental impact assessment in nigeria: an initial assessment

Olokesusi, Femi

doi:10.1016/s0195-9255(97)00083-8

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“…Develop an EIS quality review model for oil and gas projects, based partly on a review of methodologies adopted in previous studies of EIS quality review (see The evolution of EIA policy, practice and environmental awareness in Nigeria is closely tied to the oil and gas industry (Olokesusi, 1998;Ogunba, 2004).…”

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“…This requirement appears to have inadvertently contributed to the widely reported frictions in environmental regulatory duties in Nigeria's oil and gas industry. For example, these two agencies, though set up for a common goal, have been adjudged duplicative, overlapping and at times conflicting in their responsibilities (Olokesusi, 1998;Ogunba, 2004). However, in theory this double review could make for a more robust process since both agencies are expected to approve or disapprove projects based on the quality of EISs.…”

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A systematic quality assessment of Environmental Impact Statements in the oil and gas industry

Anifowose

Lawler

Horst

et al. 2016

Science of The Total Environment

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The global economy relies heavily on oil and gas resources. However, hydrocarbon exploitation projects can cause significant impacts on the environment. But despite the production of numerous Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) to identify/mitigate such impacts, no study has specifically assessed the quality of EISs for both onshore and offshore oil and gas projects, with tested hypotheses. To address this research gap, our paper, for the first time, develops a modified Lee and Colley evaluation model to assess the quality of 19 sampled oil and gas project EISs produced from 1998 to 2008 in Nigeria. Our findings show that Project Description and Communication of Results are the main areas of strength. However, Environmental Impact Prediction, and Project Decommissioning, were among the key areas requiring attention. A key finding, though, is that Mann-Whitney tests suggest that there is no evidence that the quality of EISs for the latter period (2004-2008) is higher than that of the earlier period (1998-2004). We suggest that periodic systematic review of the quality of submitted/approved EISs (c. every 3-5years) should be established to monitor trends in EIS quality and identify strong and weak areas. This would help to drive continual improvement in both the EIA processes and the resultant EISs of technical engineering projects. Such reviews have the potential to illuminate some of the underlying problems of, and solutions to, oil and gas exploration, production and transportation, and their related environmental impacts. This suggested change would also be useful internationally, including for the burgeoning exploration and production of unconventional hydrocarbon resources.

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A systematic quality assessment of Environmental Impact Statements in the oil and gas industry

Anifowose

Lawler

Horst

et al. 2016

Science of The Total Environment

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“…Several evaluations of the state of EIA in Nigeria have concluded that the system duplicates efforts due to similar requirements found in these legislative acts: there are too many conflicts of interest among EIA governing authorities, there exist important oversights in the quality of execution at all stages, there is a severe lack of public participation at all stages, and deficiencies in the competence of EIA practitioners. These contribute to generally poor EIA study quality [40,41]. Specifically, there exists no code of conduct or certification for consultants.…”

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System-Based Assessments—Improving the Confidence in the EIA Process

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This viewpoint article examines Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) practices in developed and transitioning nations, identifies weaknesses, and proposes a new quantitative approach. The literature indicates that there exists little to no standardization in EIA practice, transitioning nations rely on weak scientific impact analyses, and the establishment of baseline conditions is generally missing. The more fundamental issue is that the "receptor"-based approach leads to a qualitative and subjective EIA, as it does not adequately integrate the full measure of the complexity of ecosystems, ongoing project risks, and cumulative impacts. We propose the application of a new framework that aims to ensure full life cycle assessment of impacts applicable to any EIA process, within any jurisdictional context. System-Based EIA (SBEIA) is based on modeling to predict changes and rests on data analysis with a statistically rigorous approach to assess impacts. This global approach uses technologies and methodologies that are typically applied to characterize ecosystem structure and functioning, including remote sensing, modeling, and in situ monitoring. The aim of this approach is to provide a method that can produce quantifiable reproducible values of impact and risk and move EIA towards its substantive goal of sustainable development. The adoption of this approach would provide a better evaluation of economic costs and benefits for all stakeholders.

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“…In Nigeria, EIA legislation, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Decree No. 86, was enacted in 1992 (Olokesusi 1998). Projects are screened using six criteria: the project magnitude, extent or scope, duration and frequency, associated risks, significance of impacts and availability of mitigation measures associated with impacts identified.…”

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Framework and Tools for Environmental Management in Africa

Nhamo

Inyang²

2011

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and did his postdoctoral work with the University of Witwatersrand. Dr Nhamo has great interests in business and climate change as well as environmental management and policy. Some of Dr Nhamo's current responsibilities are in teaching, research and training in corporate citizenship, sustainability sciences as well as business and climate change. Ekpe Inyang holds an MSc degree in Environmental Studies obtained from the University of Strathclyde, UK. Mr Inyang's early childhood experiences with the Korup rainforest communities seemed to have influenced his educational ambition and orientation and spurred him to become a powerful advocate of conservation. Mr Inyang has many years of experience, having worked in different capacities with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-UK), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS-US) and the Pan African Institute for Development West Africa (PAID-WA) in Cameroon. Mr Inyang has special interests in environmental and development issues, gender equality, good governance and research. He is author of eight full-length plays, a collection of poems, a number of scientific articles and a few textbooks. His other textbooks include The Forest: An African Traditional Definition; Environmental Education in Theory and Practice; Doing Academic Research; Redefining African Development (co-authored by Nana Célestin) and Environmental Problems in the Bakossi Landscape.

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Legal and institutional framework of environmental impact assessment in nigeria: an initial assessment

Cited by 14 publications

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A systematic quality assessment of Environmental Impact Statements in the oil and gas industry

A systematic quality assessment of Environmental Impact Statements in the oil and gas industry

System-Based Assessments—Improving the Confidence in the EIA Process

Framework and Tools for Environmental Management in Africa

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