Here is a guide to the terms and abbreviations used. United nations environment programme united nations environment programme united nations environment programme. The report was commissioned by and delivered to the federal government of nigeria. 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. Shell faces further suit over nigeria oil spills cnbc. Unep researched the destruction, publishing a report in 2011.
Oil crimes, national security, and the nigerian state. Platforms research in ogoniland shows that shell has still not cleaned up, almost 3 years after the unep report was published. At the request of the federal republic of nigeria, unep has conducted an independent assessment of the environment and public health impacts of oil. Unep environmental assessment of ogoniland 2 in ogoniland. Unep research project in ogoniland friends of the earth. A report by the united nations environment programme. The social and economic consequences of the fossil fuel. Oil crimes, national security, and the nigerian state, 19992015 volume 19 issue 1 gerald ekenedirichukwu ezirim. Even if the hydrocarbon pollution remediation project hyprep exists since 2016, according to my knowledge the progress is very slow if. Environmental assessment of ogoniland by christina dian. Ogoniland, a region where oil production has been on hold for over 18 years now. The team also visited the spdc office to collect various documents and. In july 2006, the united nations environment programme unep received a. Review of unep report on the environmental assessment of ogoniland preprint pdf available february 2018 with 2,365 reads how we measure reads.
Please refer to the environmental assessment of ogoniland report for details of egaspin target and intervention values. The united nations environmental programme was invited to investigate one of such degradation in ogoniland, in rivers state, eastern niger. The united nations environment programme unep released its environmental assessment of ogoniland in august 2011. The united nations environment programme has undertaken the first major scientific study of pollution in. Environmental scarcity renewable resources and con. Many years of struggle between ogoni communities and shell to. On the contrary, the report exposed serious and systemic problems with shells cleanup processes in nigeria. The united nations environment program analyzed the damage oil pollution has done in ogoniland, a region in. The guardian nigeria newspaper brings you the latest headlines, opinions, political news, business reports and international news. The conclusion of the unep report was that shell had, for years, not cleaned up oil polluon properly. The report provides baseline information on the scale of the challenge for ogoniland and priorities for action in terms of cleanup and remediation.
What president buhari can do to help ogoniland clean up oil pollution june 30, 2016 10. Unep has acquired an international reputation for assembling expert teams, coordinating. Over 4,000 samples collected for analysis from more than 200 sites media resources press release en press release fr executive summary download images site fact sheets. 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. This should be undertaken in line with recommendaons made by the united naons environment programme unep in its landmark 2011 study of the region. The unep environmental assessment of ogoniland shell. The project team will report regularly no less than once a month to.