Before the earth bleeds again
By: edited by Godwin Uyi Ojo & Akinbode Oluwafemi
Contributors: Ojo, Godwin Uyi; Oluwafemi, Akinbode; Friends of the Earth, Nigeria; National Consultation on Bitumen Exploitation (2003 : Lagos, Nigeria)
Publisher: Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Benin City, Nigeria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9789780391102
Subjects: Environmental protection; Citizen participation; Congresses; Bitumen; Environmental aspects; Oil sands industry; Government policy; Environmental degradation
Description: Reports and analyzes the proceedings of a conference held in 2003 to discuss the impending exploitation of bitumen deposits in Nigeria. Advises the government to carefully weigh the social and ecological impact that the extraction mining would have on the communities affected and recommends that a thorough environmental impact analysis be done beforehand. Points out the disasterous results of past oil drilling in the Niger River Delta and encourages the direct involvement of the local population in the fate of their region.