Oil Exploration, Environmental Degradation, and Future Generations in the Niger Delta: Options for Enforcement of Intergenerational Rights and Sustainable Development Through Legal and Judicial Activism

dc.contributor.authorFaga, Hemen Philip
dc.contributor.authorUchechukwu, Uguru
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-20T21:03:55Z
dc.date.available2019-06-20T21:03:55Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-19
dc.description34 pagesen_US
dc.description.abstractThe Niger Delta region of Nigeria has been inundated with oil pollution since the beginning of oil exploitation in the 1960s. The pollution has led to environmental degradation, which has adversely affected the lives of the inhabitants and ruined the local economy of the region. This Article discusses the condition of the Niger Delta environment and its inhabitants from the perspective of intergenerational rights, equity, and justice. It analyzes the role of domestic and foreign legal norms—both statutory and case law—in the quest to balance economic development with environmental sustainability, equity, and justice in Nigeria’s petroleum sector.en_US
dc.identifier.citation34 J. Envtl. L. & Litig. 185en_US
dc.identifier.issn1049-0280
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/24686
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon School of Lawen_US
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.subjectPollutionen_US
dc.subjectOil drillingen_US
dc.titleOil Exploration, Environmental Degradation, and Future Generations in the Niger Delta: Options for Enforcement of Intergenerational Rights and Sustainable Development Through Legal and Judicial Activismen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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