URHOBO HISTORICAL SOCIETY

A Typical Gas Flare in the Niger Delta

ENVIRONMENT

A Prayer
We pray to God on this holy morn that no petroleum oil will be discovered in our communities. Indeed, Lord, let the oil underneath our houses and farms drift away from us. Lord, spare us the pains and the misfortunes and diseases that petroleum oil brings to our people and to our farms and rivers. Lord, protect us from further harm in the hands of those who want our properties. Amen
---- A Pastor’s prayer before a Christian Congregation in Nigeria’s Niger Delta


PETROLEUM OIL FIRE DISASTERS
1998-2000
PETROLEUM OIL FIRES OF 2000
OIL AND GAS PIPELINES PROBLEMS IN THE NIGER DELTA
WATER MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS 
IN NIGER DELTA
  PETROLEUM OIL SPILLS
POLLUTION CAUSED BY PETROLEUM EXPLORATION
OIL COMPANIES  AND THE NIGER DELTA
A PHOTO GALLERY OF GAS FLARES, OIL SPILLS, OIL FIRES, ETC.
NIGER DELTA AND WETLANDS
DREDGING OF RIVERS NIGER AND BENUE 
AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES
BAYELSA STATE AND THE NIGER DELTA
ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION MEASURES
DOCUMENTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS
NIGERIAN PETROLEUM SUPPLIES
NIGERIA'S TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS ON
THE ENVIRONMENT AND RELATED MATTERS

US OIL POLICY IN NIGERIA'S NIGER DELTA

Federal Government of Nigeria's Policies and Niger Delta's Problems

Deltas and Climate Change:
"Deltas on the Move: Making Deltas Cope with the Effects of Climate Change"

OIL POLITICS IN ECUADOR AND NIGERIA:
A Perspective from Environmental History on the Struggle between Ethnic Minority Groups, Multinational Oil Companies and National Governments. Ph.D. Thesis by Maria Sophia Steyn (University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2003)

Impact of Extractive Industries on the Biodiversity of the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria
By Nenibarini Zabbey

The Effect of Oil Spillage on Crop Yield and Farm Income in Delta State, Nigeria
By Odjuvwuederhie Emmanuel Inoni, , Douglason Gordon Omotor, , Felicia Nkem Adun

Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development
Scorecard for 2008: A Report on the State of Human Rights Abuse and Violence in the Niger Delta
















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