Unep research project in ogoniland friends of the earth. Unep researched the destruction, publishing a report in 2011. At the request of the federal republic of nigeria, unep has conducted an independent assessment of the environment and public health impacts of oil contamination in ogoniland, in the niger delta, and options for remediation. The project team will report regularly no less than once a month to. Terminology site number reference number allocated by unep to identify a study site area ha estimated surface area in hectares of a given study site. The report provides baseline information on the scale of the challenge for ogoniland and priorities for action in terms of cleanup and remediation. Here is a guide to the terms and abbreviations used. Nigeria began the cleaning up of oil spills as old as 50 years in the ogoni district of the southern niger river delta on thursday, in line with recommendations by the united nations. This should be undertaken in line with recommendaons made by the united naons environment programme unep in its landmark 2011 study of the region. Environmental assessment of ogoniland site specific. The united nations environment program analyzed the damage oil pollution has done in ogoniland, a region in.
Oil crimes, national security, and the nigerian state, 19992015 volume 19 issue 1 gerald ekenedirichukwu ezirim. What president buhari can do to help ogoniland clean up. The report was commissioned by and delivered to the federal government of nigeria. On the contrary, the report exposed serious and systemic problems with shells cleanup processes in nigeria. The united nations environment programme unep released its environmental assessment of ogoniland in august 2011. The team also visited the spdc office to collect various documents and. Oil crimes, national security, and the nigerian state. Unep has acquired an international reputation for assembling expert teams, coordinating. Polluted promises how shell failed to clean up ogoniland. The social and economic consequences of the fossil fuel supply chain volume 3 carol olson, frank lenzmann. The united nations environmental programme was invited to investigate one of such degradation in ogoniland, in rivers state, eastern niger.
Platforms research in ogoniland shows that shell has still not cleaned up, almost 3 years after the unep report was published. Many years of struggle between ogoni communities and shell to. At the request of the federal republic of nigeria, unep has conducted an independent assessment of the environment and public health impacts of oil. Environmental assessment of ogoniland by christina dian. What president buhari can do to help ogoniland clean up oil pollution june 30, 2016 10. Ogoniland, a region where oil production has been on hold for over 18 years now. Please refer to the environmental assessment of ogoniland report for details of egaspin target and intervention values. A report by the united nations environment programme. The unep report was very clear that this was not the case. A crucial finding included in uneps report is the fact that spdc failed. In july 2006, the united nations environment programme unep received a. United nations environment programme united nations environment programme united nations environment programme. The unep report was endorsed by all sides of the dispute, and is serving as an important catalyst.
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