Negative impacts of oil exploration on biodiversity management in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-147

  Ugochukwu, Collins N C ^a   Ertel, Jürgen ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Department of Petroleum Resources; Environmental degradation; Environmental laws; Impacts; NGO; Niger Delta; Oil companies; Oil exploration; Oil spill; Resource management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; OIL PRODUCTION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION POLICY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 48249110683     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/146155108X316397     Document Type: Article

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