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Journal articles on the topic "Natural resources – Niger"
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Dode, Robert O. "THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RESOURCE CURSE AND THE NIGER DELTA CRISIS IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING." European Journal of Sustainable Development 1, no. 2 (June 1, 2012): 235. http://dx.doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2012.v1n2p235.
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Political economy literature is awash with analyses that attempt to identify the corereasons behind the development and or underdevelopment of different states and zonesof the world. Two major questions that such studies attempt to answer are, “how does astate’s natural resource wealth influence its economic development?” and “How doesnatural resource endowment contribute to political conflict in countries that are soendowed?” For some decades now, the exploitation of natural resources has been adetermining factor in the stability or otherwise of natural resource rich states. Studieshave shown that the exploitation of natural resources like crude oil, columbite anddiamond have contributed to a number of civil wars and internal crises in Africa. InNigeria, it has been a case of armed struggle in the Niger Delta creeks; between militantsand federal forces posted to secure the area. The result is that instead of yielding foreignexchange and prosperity to the citizens of the countries so endowed, the presence of suchresource, constitute a major source of political conflict within nations, resulting in suchcountries being referred to as the poorest of the poor in the world. Some studies indicatethe fact that these problems evolve from politics surrounding ownership, management,and control of natural resources in Africa. It is in the face of this reality that we attemptto situate Nigeria’s Niger Delta crisis in this resource curse matrix and propose thehypothesis that, there is a relationship between the resource curse theory and the NigerDelta crisis in Nigeria. Our findings agree with the core assumption of this paradigm thatinstead of ushering in development, poor management of resources, greed and badgovernance in the third world contribute greatly to her underdevelopment, strife andpoverty, in the midst of abundant natural resources.
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Nyiayaana, Kialee. "Leadership and Natural Resource Management: Linkages to the Persistence of Oil-related Conflicts in Nigeria’s Niger Delta." Leadership and Developing Societies 1, no. 1 (September 23, 2016): 83–116. http://dx.doi.org/10.47697/lds.3434703.
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This paper explores the relationship between leadership and natural resource management and the persistence of oil-related conflicts in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. It adopts the process theoretical approach to leadership. The key argument is that the space for conversations between leaders and the people of the Niger Delta in the management of oil resources has been historically restrictive in favour of leaders. This accounts for the highly skewed oil ownership and distributive structures that undermine the security needs of the people. Yet, the destructive consenting behaviour of the people shapes peacebuilding process and outcomes in ways that reinforce structures of insecurity and violence in the region.
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Adangor, Z. "Proposals for Equitable Governance and Management of Natural Resources in Nigeria." International Law Research 7, no. 1 (February 28, 2018): 213. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ilr.v7n1p213.
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The current regime of centralized natural resource governance poses one of the greatest threats to the stability of the Federation of Nigeria. The centralization of natural resource ownership and government is perceived by the ethnic minorities of the oil-producing Niger Delta Region of Nigeria as a tool of ethnic domination by the majority ethnic groups. Given the centrality of natural resources to the growth of Nigeria’s economy and the desirability of maintaining a stable federation, this research seeks to propose an equitable regime of natural resource governance that recognises and accommodates both national and regional interest in Nigeria’s abundant natural resources and thereby strengthens federal stability. This paper which adopts analytical and comparative research methodologies, argues that the current regime of natural resource governance in Nigeria is divisive and that only the participation of the federating states in the governance of natural resources exploited within their respective geographic boundaries would conduce to peace and inter-regional harmony and enhance the capacities of the federating states to develop at their varying speed according to the dreams of the Founding Fathers of Nigerian federalism. The paper concludes by recommending resource federalism whereby competence over natural resource governance could be shared between the federal government and the federating states.
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Newby, John E., and John F. Grettenberger. "The Human Dimension in Natural Resource Conservation: A Sahelian Example from Niger." Environmental Conservation 13, no. 3 (1986): 249–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892900036304.
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The Republic of Niger is establishing a vast national nature reserve in the Aïr Massif and Ténéré Desert. With its 77,360 km2, the reserve will cover a wide variety of arid-land habitats. Both rainfall and vegetation are sparse, but the area harbours a varied fauna that includes a number of threatened species. The Twareg inhabitants of the reserve subsist by raising livestock, by irrigating small gardens, and by caravanning. Their day-to-day existence relies heavily on natural resources, and their continued existence will depend on the conservation of those resources. Drought, desertification, and abusive use, are all responsible for the deterioration of those resources.Although highly necessary, the rational management of the area's natural resources will conflict with current landuse practices. Examples of where this happens are presented, and some proposals are put forward for their solution. Ideally, a flexible management system needs to be elaborated that will satisfy both the aspirations of the zone's managers and the immediate needs of its residents. The Authors hope that work in Niger will find its application elsewhere in the Sahel, and meanwhile emphasize the need to reconcile conservation with development.
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Seidou, Ousmane, Fatoumata Maiga, Claudia Ringler, Spela Kalcic, and Luca Ferrini. "Challenges and Opportunities in the Operationalization of the Water-Environment-Energy-Food (WE2F) Nexus: Case Study of the Upper Niger Basin and Inner Niger Delta, West Africa." E3S Web of Conferences 183 (2020): 02001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202018302001.
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The ever-increasing demand for water, food, and energy is putting unsustainable pressure on natural resources worldwide, often leading to environmental degradation that, in turn, affect water, food, and energy security. The recognition of the complex interlinkages between multiple sectors has led to the creation of various holistic approaches to environmental decision making such as Integrated Natural Resources Management (INRM), Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), Virtual Water (VW), Water Footprint (WF) and lately the Food-EnergyEnvironment-Water nexus (WE2F). All these approaches aim to increase resource use efficiency and promote sustainability by increasing the cooperation between traditionally disjoint sectors, and mainly differ by the number and relative weights of the sectors included in their framework. They also suffer from the same face and the same barriers for implementation, some of which may never be fully overcome. The paper discusses the benefits of adopting a WE2F nexus approach in the Upper Niger Basin (UNB) and the Inner Niger Delta (IND), but also the multiple difficulties associated with its practical implementation. IWRM/WE2F initiatives in the UNB/IND such as the BAMGIRE project piloted by Wetlands International and funded by the Dutch Embassy in Mali to secure livelihoods and biodiversity in a changing environment, is taken as an example of partial success in the use of a nexus approach to watershed management. It was shown there are multiple barriers to the operational implementation of the WE2F. However, while a full understanding of all interlinkage between sectors may never be possible, data collection, scientific research and model development can improve our ability to understand the complex system in which we live, and hence take better decisions
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Ikeke, Mark Omorovie. "Deep Ecology Philosophy and Biodiversity Conservation in Nigeria’s Niger Delta." European Journal of Sustainable Development 9, no. 2 (June 1, 2020): 80–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2020.v9n2p80.
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Biodiversity refers to the varieties, multiplicity, and diversity of life in the ecosystem. It is being lost on a daily basis in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. This is as a result of the environmental degradation caused by oil exploration and gas activities. In the process of drilling for oil and exploring for gas resources, the natural environment such as plants, animals and their communities is destroyed and endangered. Oil exploration activities continue unabated in the Niger Delta. There is need to combat biodiversity loss if not many of the benefits from biodiversity will be lost. With critical analysis the philosophy of deep ecology is examined and presented as having potentials to contribute to conserving biodiversity in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. The paper concludes that there is vital need to preserve biodiversity using deep ecology values. Keywords: Deep ecology, biodiversity, conservation, Niger Delta, Nigeria, and Philosophy
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Edward Uzoma Ezedike. "Anthropocentric-Utilitarian Tradition and the Quest for Environmental Justice in the Niger Delta of Nigeria." Britain International of Humanities and Social Sciences (BIoHS) Journal 2, no. 1 (February 27, 2020): 247–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.33258/biohs.v2i1.184.
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There is a growing concern, lately, in the Niger Delta region, nay, Nigeria at large, over the despoliation of our environment by multinational oil companies and citizens in quest for economic gains. The problem is that humans have come to see themselves as “landlords” and masters of God’s creation rather than stewards, having untrammeled authority to plunder natural resources with reckless abandon. The resultant effect is that this unethical attitude towards the environment poses grave danger to both living and non-living things in the ecosystem and forecloses the possibilities of its sustainability. Specifically, this paper critically examines the implications of the anthropocentric- utilitarian tradition in environmental ethics for the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The anthropocentric approach emphasizes the use of non-human natural resources solely in terms of their instrumental value to human kind. Its utilitarian dimension holds that so long as an environmental attitude or policy produces the greatest happiness, pleasure or benefit possible for the greatest number of people, it is moral. This paper posits that such tradition is quite problematic to the realization of environmental justice and wholeness in the Niger Delta. Our objective here is to show that the monumental environmental problems in the Niger Delta resulting from oil exploration are precipitated by the some unjust socio-economic and unethical principles. This paper recommends the application of the principles of environmental stewardship and environmental justice as a way out of the problem. These principles stand for moral consider ability towards the environment as well as a fair distribution of environmental burdens and benefits.
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Eaton, Julian, Djibo Douma Maiga, and Soumana Pate. "Mental health services in the Republic of Niger." International Psychiatry 6, no. 3 (July 2009): 63–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/s1749367600000606.
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The Republic of Niger is a large, landlocked west African country. Around 80% of its vast land mass (1 300 000 km2) is in the Sahara Desert. Its neighbours are Mali, Algeria, Libya and Chad to the north, and Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso to the south. The country came under French rule in the 1890s and gained its independence in 1960, but development has been slowed by political instability, lack of natural resources and drought. In 1999, voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution, allowing for multi-party elections, which were held later that year. An ongoing rebellion in the north makes access to much of the country difficult.
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ADEBANJOKO, ANGELA AJODO. "How Multinational Oil Companies and Corrupt Niger Delta Elites Underdeveloped the Niger Delta Region." Journal of Management and Science 1, no. 2 (June 30, 2013): 250–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.26524/jms.2013.31.
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This study is on the role played by Multinational Oil Companies (MNOCs) and Niger Delta elites in the underdevelopment of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The study adopts a descriptive approach drawing data mainly from secondary data such as books, articles in newspapers, journals, internet etc. The study found that the Niger Delta region is endowed with natural resources. Among this is crude oil which is the mainstay of the Nigerian economy.Despite this oil wealth however, the region is largely underdeveloped. Poverty, massive unemployment, absence of safe drinking water, filth and squalor, lack of access to health care,education and housing among others are some of the features of the region. The problem of underdevelopment in the Niger Delta was traced to MNOCs and Niger Delta elites. The paper therefore argues that oil exploration activities of MNOCs such as gas flares and oil spills which have resulted in environmental degradation have deprived the people of the region their means of livelihood while corrupt practices of Niger Delta elites who embezzle funds meant fordevelopment have been responsible for the underdevelopment of the region. The study recommends among others the need for MNOCs to compensate the people for years of environmental degradation while Niger Delta elites found guilty of embezzlement while in office should be sent to jail.
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Sangare, Saadatou, and Hélène Maisonnave. "Mining and petroleum boom and public spending policies in Niger: a dynamic computable general equilibrium analysis." Environment and Development Economics 23, no. 5 (May 3, 2018): 580–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x18000104.
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AbstractThis study analyzes a public-spending option from mining and oil resources and its impact on Niger's economy. The windfall gain from mining and oil revenues provides an opportunity for the country to reinvest natural resource rents, enhance economic development, and address infrastructure gaps. Drawing on the country's recent and expected mining and oil exploitation, we evaluate the effects of a reinvestment policy in road infrastructure using a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. We find that investment in road infrastructure brings positive spillover effects to other sectors of the economy and benefits to the economy in the long run. Our analysis additionally shows that reinvestment in road infrastructure, given the initial state of infrastructure in Niger, could help mitigate the resource curse.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Natural resources – Niger"
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Duru, Christian Udogadi. "Environmental Degradation: Key Challenge to Sustainable Economic Development in the Niger Delta." ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/114.
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TRAORE, GAOUSSOU. "CONTRIBUTION TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CENTRAL DELTA OF NIGER RIVER IN MALI." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/188018.
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During the past decade, there has been a clear recognition of the relationship between environment and development, and that it is through the process of development that environment is often negatively affected. Therefore, to minimize the destructive effect of development, planning became a necessity. However, for any management goal, there are usually several alternative ways of developing a plan. My planning process began by a general resources inventory of the Republic of Mali including soils, vegetation, surface waters, groundwaters, land use, and population. Then, based on this inventory, I chose a planning area using pre-established criteria. The area chosen was the "Inland Delta of the Niger River." The Delta, with 30,100 km², has an enormous economic potential, and livestock raising is an important component of this potential. However, four main factors are limiting the development of livestock raising in the region: Lack of an official and consistent land right, uncontrolled increase of the number of animals, uncontrolled increase of cultivated fields, and persistent drought. The objective of this dissertation was to make a preliminary investigation which would help the Government of the Republic of Mali establish a coherent and integrated plan for all economic activities in the Delta. The economic, social and environmental components of the current livestock management and two management alternatives have been analyzed, using a model planning unit and also a herd model. The first alternative consisted of changing the herd composition, and the second alternative was a combination of changing the herd composition and the use of irrigation and fertilization to grow adapted forage species. The results showed that the two alternatives are better than the current management, and that the second alternative provided the highest economic returns and stability to the region. The implementation of the proposed plan will necessitate the creation of agro-pastoral units based on soils, vegetation, and social characteristics. The Government should adopt a more coherent and coordinated policy toward the different land users of the Delta, the final objective being high stable economic returns for the population, the preservation of the basic resources, and the equilibrium among different activities.
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Bakare, Ibrahim Adeolu Owolabi. "Governance, poverty and natural resources management : a case study of the Niger Delta." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/6293.
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This study employs ethnographic research to investigate the extent to which local governance affects both poverty and natural resources management in the Delta region. The research develops a framework for governance of natural resources to understand the daily practices of different actors within the local context using informal observation and interviews. In applying the framework, the study places emphasis on resources for governance, actors' agency, arrangements of access to resources and governance outcomes in the Delta region. Evidence from the study shows that while the state and corporate actors only contextualise resources in terms of economic value, local actors interprete resources beyond economic value to incorporate symbolic and socio-culturally constructed values linked with historic values. The study also identified relational, routine practices and structural factors which differently shape actors' agency for resources management. The context which shapes different arrangements of access to local resources by actors varies. These arrangements are subject to negotiation, power differences and socio-cultural factors. The findings related to governance outcomes reveal both positive (favourable) and negative (unfavourable) outcomes for the livelihood of different actors. The study concludes by exploring implications for local governance in order to address poverty and enhance optimal resource management in the Delta region.
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Bakare, Ibrahim A. O. "Governance, poverty and natural resources management. A case study of the Niger Delta." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/6293.
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This study employs ethnographic research to investigate the extent to
which local governance affects both poverty and natural resources
management in the Delta region. The research develops a framework for
governance of natural resources to understand the daily practices of different
actors within the local context using informal observation and interviews.
In applying the framework, the study places emphasis on resources for
governance, actors¿ agency, arrangements of access to resources and
governance outcomes in the Delta region. Evidence from the study shows
that while the state and corporate actors only contextualise resources in
terms of economic value, local actors interprete resources beyond economic
value to incorporate symbolic and socio-culturally constructed values linked
with historic values. The study also identified relational, routine practices and
structural factors which differently shape actors¿ agency for resources
management. The context which shapes different arrangements of access to
local resources by actors varies. These arrangements are subject to
negotiation, power differences and socio-cultural factors. The findings related
to governance outcomes reveal both positive (favourable) and negative
(unfavourable) outcomes for the livelihood of different actors.
The study concludes by exploring implications for local governance in
order to address poverty and enhance optimal resource management in the
Delta region.
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Ekpolomo, Moses Enifome. "Ethnicity and dynamics of natural resources conflict in the Niger Delta of Nigeria." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2015. http://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/ethnicity-and-dynamics-of-natural-resources-conflict-in-the-niger-delta-of-nigeria(944ac763-be79-4280-bf42-4a50afe6d92b).html.
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The Niger Delta region is, indeed, not a stranger to attention and controversies. For more than a decade, it presented Africa’s most populous country with its most profound security challenge, a situation that was only recently changed with the emergence of the Boko Haram Islamic insurgents. It also threatened to undermine the flow of oil in Africa’s most important oil-producing country, a country which produces more than 2.5 million barrels of crude oil daily, with attendant implications for global energy supply. While different aspects of the Niger Delta controversy have been addressed by particular scholars, there remains an aspect that seems to have attracted only superficial attention. This is a detailed analysis of the role of ethnicity in the array of complications that have unfolded in the region. Indeed, beyond the platitudinous mention of the plight of the minority in the country’s zero-sum politics, not much attention has been given to the complex impact of ethnicity on the politics and intrigues’ of the Niger Delta. The purpose of this thesis is to interrogate the ethnic dimension of the perspectives of key groups in Nigeria on what their rights are in sharing natural resources wealth and the consequences of a natural resources conflict driven by these agitation for a fair share among different ethnic groups in the Nigeria Federation. This thesis investigates one of the most pressing, yet neglected issue in the Niger Delta conflict: ethnicity and who has right in the sharing and ownership of natural resource wealth in the Niger Delta. However, in light of the commonly stated thesis that corruption and miss-management of oil revenues is frequently said to be the causes of armed conflict in the Niger Delta, this study challenges the accepted premises and enter unfamiliar territory, and stimulate new ideas by arguing that corruption, lack of security, and miss-management of oil revenue is only a causal factor. Therefore, the role of ethnicity is the key factor regarding who will hold political power and thus control natural resource wealth—a factor hitherto underplayed in the Niger Delta case.
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Held, Renae Joyce. "Analysis of Prey Selection in Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger, Adults and Chicks using Continuous Video Monitoring." W&M ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626399.
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Adangor, Zacchaeus. "Federalism in Nigeria and the struggle for resource control in the Niger Delta Region : an agenda for constitutional reform." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2013. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=202071.
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This thesis proposes a new constitutional framework for ownership and control of natural resources in the federation of Nigeria. It identifies exclusive federal ownership of natural resources as a tool of ethnic domination by Nigeria’s three dominant ethnic groups of Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba and Igbo against the oil-producing minorities of the Niger Delta region. It is argued that the inextricable link between federal ownership of natural resources and the economic and political interests of the major ethnic groups denotes that the current system of natural resource ownership has become a divisive and destabilizing feature of Nigerian federalism. Considering that Nigerian multi-ethnic federalism is designed primarily to prevent the domination of one ethnic group by another and also encourage each constituent unit of the federation to develop at its own pace, it is arguable that exclusive federal ownership of natural resources negates these underlying principles of Nigerian federalism by entrenching the domination of the Niger delta oil-producing minorities and depriving the oil-producing states of the right to develop at their own pace. These circumstances have triggered waves of ethnic nationalism and armed insurgency in the Niger delta region with grave implications for national stability. The thesis argues therefore that only a new system of natural resource ownership which recognizes both national and regional interests in natural resource ownership and development can conduce to peace in the troubled Niger delta region of the federation. It proposes constitutional devolution of ownership rights over onshore natural resources from the federal government to the constituent units of the federation under an arrangement whereby the federal government retains its legislative and regulatory powers. It is argued that this framework, among other benefits, will preserve the underlying principles of Nigerian federalism and halt the drift toward instability in Nigeria’s Niger delta region.
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Adam, H. A. K. "The politics of natural resources governance in Africa : environment, conflict and security nexis in Nigeria's Niger Delta region." Thesis, London South Bank University, 2018. http://researchopen.lsbu.ac.uk/2731/.
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This research examined the nexus between the environment, conflict and security in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria as well as the factors that led to the conflict. Since the discovery of oil in 1956, the Niger Delta has been entrapped in environmental degradation as a result of oil mining, spurring a wide range of developmental challenges. Subsequently, by the 1990s, deepening poverty and underdevelopment, exacerbated by ecological problems, opened the space for the emergence of youth restiveness and a violent arms struggle. This violent struggle by the Niger-Delta youth seeks to challenge the legitimacy of the Nigerian state and the perceived corporate irresponsibility of Multinational Oil Companies (MNCs). Thus, the region faces security challenges triggered by neglect on the part of international and local oil companies and the failure of Nigeria's central government to meet the developmental, environmental and security demands of local communities. Given this background, the research questions are: (1) In what ways do natural resources contribute to conflicts and environmental despoliation in Nigeria's Niger Delta region? (2) Do the federal government and oil companies meet the demands of the community regarding environmental protection and the development and security of inhabitants? (3) Who are the actors in the resource conflict? To address these questions, the research used a triangulation approach, using primarily qualitative primary data sourced through 28 in-depth interviews and three focus group discussions of 5-7 people per group. The data obtained were coded and analysed thematically, and secondary quantitative data was used to supplement primary data. The original contribution of this research is in three main aspects: First, my research reveals a complex relationship between the local oil servicing contractors and the militant groups. There is strategic destructive alliance between these two actors underpinned by moral hazard. The oil servicing contractors employ the services of the local people to vandalise the oil pipelines in order for the MNCs to award contract to them for repair of the vandalised pipelines. Second, the Presidential Amnesty granted to the militants appear to have produced unintended outcomes in undermining productive economic activity and exacerbating insecurity in the region. The monthly payments of allowances to former militants under the amnesty programme incentivised the otherwise peaceful youths to join militancy to benefit from amnesty benefits. This intervention gives credence to the view that the federal and state governments only listen to those who take up arms against the state. Third, this research proposes a revised theoretical model that integrates two previous frameworks to illuminate the nature and context of resources curse. This integrated model brings together the rentier model and Dutch disease/resource curse to explain the characteristics and complexities of natural resource governance issues in Nigeria. It can be applied to other regions with similar challenges and profiles. Overall, the research has elicited significant theoretical and empirical insights into different views of the oil extraction, security and development. Recommendations are provided for future research and policy interventions.
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Sani, Abdoulkarim. "Les enjeux contemporains de la protection de l'environnement au Niger." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014BORD0449/document.
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La dégradation de l’environnement au Niger, prend une ampleur de plus en pluspréoccupante. L’enjeu pour les politiques publiques est de changer la relation entre l’homme et sonmilieu afin de renverser la tendance. A cet effet, dans un contexte interne caractérisé par l’instaurationde la démocratie et de l’Etat de droit et un contexte international caractérisé par la mondialisation dudroit de l’environnement suite à la conférence de Rio notamment, le droit s’est naturellement imposécomme l’outil essentiel de ces transformations. L’objectif de cette thèse est d’identifier et analyser lesactions de transformation de la relation entre l’homme et son milieu de vie dans l’objectif de lapérennité des ressources naturelles et la viabilité du cadre de vie en tant qu’enjeux de la protection del’environnement dans un Etat en situation fragilité. Le Niger s’est engagé dans un processus deproduction normative, avec l’ambition de produire un droit alliant standards internationaux et normeset pratiques locales que ça soit dans les procédés de prise de décision ou de méthodes de protection del’environnement. Avec un approche quasi-empirique, l’analyse des enjeux contemporains de laprotection de l’environnement au Niger, nous permettra de révéler la nature de la relation de l’hommeavec son milieu telle qu’établie par le droit dans un contexte démocratique et de mondialisation dudroit de l’environnement, mais aussi de révéler comment la situation de fragilité générale de l’Etat etde la société commande la mise en oeuvre de ce droitThe environmental degradation in Niger, takes a scale of increasing concern. Thechallenge for public policy is to change the relationship between man and his environment inorder to reverse the trend. To this end, in an internal context characterized by theestablishment of democracy and the rule of law and an international context characterized bythe globalization of environmental law following the Rio Conference (1992) in particular, therule of law has naturally emerged as the key tool for these transformations. The objective ofthis thesis is to identify and analyze the actions of transformation in the relationship betweenman and his environment with the goal of sustainability of natural resources and sustainableliving environment as issues the environmental situation in a state fragility. Niger hasembarked on a normative production process, with the aim of producing a law combininginternational standards and local norms and practices that it is in the processes of decisionmaking and environmental protection methods. With an interdisciplinary approach, analysisof contemporary issues of environmental protection in Niger, allow us to reveal the nature ofman's relationship with his environment as established by law in a democratic context andglobalization of environmental law, but also reveal how the situation in general fragility of thestate and society control the implementation of this rule of law
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Abba, Gana Souleymane. "Economie des guerres civiles : analyse économique des conflits armés intra-étatiques en Afrique Occidentale." Thesis, Artois, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010ARTO0103.
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Les guerres civiles en Afrique sont multiples, désastreuses et multicausales. Cependant les analyses privilégient fréquemment les causes identitaires liées à l‟ethnique ou à des faits historiques. Il est proposé ici, une analyse différente par une approche économique. Si au sens de l‟économie classique ou néoclassique, les ressources naturelles sont une dotation constituant un avantage absolu ou comparatif, en Afrique, elles contribuent à alimenter les guerres intra-étatiques pénalisant ainsi tout effort de développement. L‟exploitation d‟uranium au Niger, loin de permettre une performance économique grâce aux revenus qu‟elle génère, représente a contrario une double source de « malédiction » : Conforme au « syndrome hollandais » accompagné de la médiocrité économique qui le caractérise mais constitue également un enjeu autour duquel se fonde la rébellion arméeThe civil wars in Africa are multiple, disastrous and multicausal. However analyses privilege frequently the identical causes connected to the ethnic or to the historic facts. It is proposed here, a different analysis by an economic approach. If in the sense of the classic or neo-classic economy, natural resources are an endowment constituting an absolute or comparative advantage, in Africa, they contribute to feed the intra-state wars punishing any effort of development. The exploitation of uranium in Niger, far from allowing an economic performance thanks to the income which it generates, represents a double source of "curse": in compliance with the "dutch disease" accompanied with the economic mediocrity which characterizes it but also constitutes a stake in which bases the armed rebellion
Books on the topic "Natural resources – Niger"
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Natural resources, conflict, and sustainable development: Lessons from the Niger Delta. New York: Routledge, 2012.
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Popular participation in the management of natural resources: Lessons from Baban Rafi, Niger. Madison, Wis: Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994.
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Pouvoir, ressources et développement dans le delta central du Niger. Paris: Harmattan, 2010.
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Amadi, Sam. Perpetuating poverty, consolidating powerlessness: Oil and the Niger Delta. Lagos: Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC), 2005.
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Singh, Jasdip. Defining an environmental development strategy for the Niger Delta, May 25th, 1995. [Logos?]: Industry and Energy Operations Division, West Central Africa Dept., 1995.
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Symposium "Développement en Afrique noire" (1989 Fribourg, Switzerland). Aménagement rural en Afrique de l'Ouest: Le cas du Niger : 2ème demi-journée du Symposium "Développement en Afrique noire", tenu les 12-13 octobre 1989 à Fribourg, dans le cadre de l'Assemblée annuelle de l'Académie suisse des sciences naturelles ; éditeur, Philippe Schoeneich. Lausanne: Université de Lausanne, Institut de géographie, 1989.
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Ukaga, Okechukwu, Ukoha O. Ukiwo, and Ibaba Samuel Ibaba. Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainable Development: Lessons from the Niger Delta. Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
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Boubacar, Yamba. "Land and Natural Resource Governance: Development Issues and Anti-Desertification Initiatives in Niger." In The End of Desertification?, 179–200. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16014-1_7.
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"Entrepreneurship Development and Poverty Reduction in the Niger Delta." In Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainable Development, 95–112. Routledge, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203119808-12.
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"Challenges to Fundamental Rights of Women in the Niger Delta." In Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainable Development, 148–67. Routledge, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203119808-15.
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"Assessing the Human Development Eff orts of the Niger Delta Development Commission." In Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainable Development, 76–94. Routledge, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203119808-11.
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"Introduction: Natural Resource, Confl ict, and Sustainable Development in the Niger Delta." In Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainable Development, 17–37. Routledge, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203119808-8.
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"Because of Oil? Understanding the Globalization of the Niger Delta and Its Consequences." In Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainable Development, 38–54. Routledge, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203119808-9.
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"Overcoming Tyranny and Underdevelopment in the Niger Delta Through Appropriate Human Resources Development and Utilization." In Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainable Development, 55–75. Routledge, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203119808-10.
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"Land Reform, Land Rights, and Development Challenges in Nigeria: A Focus on the Niger Delta." In Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainable Development, 131–47. Routledge, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203119808-14.
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"Nongovernmental Organizations and Confl ict Resolution in Niger Delta: The Case of Yakubu Gowon Center’s Peace Process in Ogoni." In Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainable Development, 113–30. Routledge, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203119808-13.
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"International Land Investments or the Environment Put up for Auction: The Case of the Niger Basin." In Natural Resources Grabbing: An International Law Perspective, 181–98. Brill | Nijhoff, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004305663_011.
Full textConference papers on the topic "Natural resources – Niger"
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Oruwari, Humphrey Otombosoba. "Management of Nigerian Marginal Oil Fields for Economic Sustainability in Niger Delta Region." In SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/207098-ms.
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Abstract The objective of the study was to examine the assertion that marginal oil field development remains one of the economic fortunes of Niger Delta region in Nigeria. This is evident with its shares in the region power output as well as its contribution to the industrialization. Multiple case studies of marginal oil field operations corroborate the relationship between marginal field development and economic fortunes of Niger Delta region. Marginal field firms provide electricity to the host communities where they operate. Also, industries are fed with natural gas from marginal field operating in the region. The marginal field operators ensures that host communities are getting electricity. Also cement factory is fed from natural gas operating in the area. However, the management of marginal field resources has been far from being optimally beneficial. The real issue is how to manage the marginal field for the welfare of the people. Against this background, the study findings suggested that the country marginal field wealth be used to implement people-oriented programmes for better welfare spread.
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Ojukwu, Kelechi. "What Strategic Policies can Save Nigeria in the Energy Transition?" In SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/207090-ms.
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Abstract The world is fast changing and so is the energy mix. A global clarion call by scientists inspires an immediate action to circumvent the visible effects of climate change or face the damning consequences in the coming few years. Scientists and environmental lobbyist are campaigning against the consumption of fossil-based fuel and mounting more and more pressure on the international financial bodies including calling on government around the world to refrain from further financing of fossil fuel projects. This is surprisingly gathering momentum on regular basis, thereby posing existential threat to third-world oil producers, which are largely dependent on royalties and tax revenues from crude oil and other natural resources in order to sustain their economies. The future trends warn of a looming dooms day when these remaining reserves may no longer be able to attract the requisite funding necessary to develop them, let alone explore them. Besides Niger Delta, most other petroleum basins in Nigeria are highly under-explored but presumed to have significant hydrocarbon resources, albeit mainly gas. For that reason, these basins and their resources do not yet count in the nation's wealth of booked resources. It is believed the country can also benefit from significant amounts of oil discoveries that are invisible to conventional technologies or intentionally bypassed in natural recovery methods. These could present less costly alternatives to uplift the nation's reserves booking and in so doing minimize uncertainty involved in deep water or frontier explorations. Nigeria should therefore aim to ramp up its capital investment to boost oil & gas production in the next couple of years so as to harness th abundant discovered resources whilst there is still time to do so. To take advantage of Nigeria's vast portfolio of hydrocarbon resources, the nation must explore strategic policies aimed to enhancing exploration and production interests while simultaneously expanding other value chains and promoting the investment in alternative or renewable energy. It must expediently exploit the remaining reserves so as to make the most of what it has. Then the wind fall from that exploitation can be ploughed back into the economy to facilitate the implementation of large-scale alternative energy projects as it plans to eventually substitute the fossil fuel energy. This paper presents some thought-provoking but radical ideas of how this can be achieved in the near term.
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Oni, Babatunde. "Addressing the Socio-Economic Concerns of the Niger Delta Host Communities Through Local Content Policy; the Impact of Nigerias Local Participation Policy on Her Investment Climate." In SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/207210-ms.
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Abstract Objective and scope This paper aims to establish that proper resource management and governance within the Nigerian oil and gas industry, more specifically, her local participation policy, which focuses on adequately addressing the social and economic concerns of the host communities in oil producing regions of Nigeria, particularly in the Niger Delta, will ultimately lead to more secure and sustainable economic development and a more attractive investment climate for Nigeria. Methods Procedure, process This research study will employ an analytical approach, more specifically qualitative analysis, in analyzing the interplay between the various factors which have birthed low oil and gas productivity in the Niger delta region of Nigeria and how proper application of Nigeria's local participation policy can influence the circumstances and yield positive result. The research study will rely heavily on available literature and legislative enactments, as well as available case law on the issues concerned. The primary sources in the collection of materials for this paper will comprise of journals, books, and articles which address the relevant research questions guiding the scope of this paper. Results, Observation, conclusion Nigeria's local content policy, just like many other governmental policies in Nigeria, has been criticized as being vulnerable to corruption as a result of the manifest lack of transparency in the Nigerian oil and gas industry, and local content has already been labelled as a potential victim of capture as a result of this dearth in transparency. It is imperative that the broad discretionary powers granted to the local content monitoring board, and the minister of petroleum by the provisions of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act, be utilized in a manner devoid of parochial ethnic sentiments or political interest, in order for Nigeria to properly take advantage of the economic development benefits provided by the proper implementation of local content policy. The long term benefits of local content policy such as technology transfer, long term fiscal incentives, and the growth of local commerce and industry, will go a long way in setting Nigeria on a plain path to sustainable economic growth and better resource management. It is important that the Nigerian government play its role in driving local content policy by facilitating Nigerian enterprises to take active part in the local content programs, as well as keep tabs and monitor the effectiveness of local content policy in achieving its targets. New or additive information to the industry Proper implementation of Local Content policy in Nigeria will be beneficial, not just for the host communities but for the rest of the country, as well as for all investors in the Nigerian oil and gas industry, by providing thousands of employment opportunities for the locals, as well as providing a much needed technology transfer which will result in a structural transformation of not just the local manufacturing industries in Nigeria but the entire Nigerian oil and gas industry as well; thus addressing a major aspect of the social and economic concerns of the local people, and also giving Nigeria's economy a much needed boost towards achieving sustainable development in her natural resources sector.