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General information
· Info on geography and landscape
Environmental & demographic information
Nigeria @ Green Finance Platform
Challenges of Environmental Problems in Nigeria
Nigeria Population Statistics @ World Bank
Environmental news
Environment @ Guardian Nigeria
International agreements & initiatives
Nigeria @ International Environmental Agreements (IEA) Database Project
· List of international environmental agreements to which Nigeria is a party
Nigeria & Climate Change Adaptation
Environmental law
Environmental law and practice in Nigeria: overview
· List of environmental laws in Nigeria
Government agencies
Federal Ministry of Environment
· Various government agencies can be found under the “Agencies” tab
· The Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria website article about Nigeria’s sovereign Green Bond
Nongovernmental organizations
Fight Against Desert Encroachment
Health of Mother Earth Foundation
Nigerian Conservation Foundation
Indigenous Peoples
Saro-Wiwa, Ken
· Nigerian activist and president of Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People
· Goldman Environmental Prize page
· Britannica page
· Wikipedia page
· Academic article about the history of the conflict between the oil company Royal Dutch Shell and the Ogoni people of Nigeria
Environmental Initiatives
Nigerian Sustainable Banking Principles (NSBP)
Toxic materials
Toxic Wastes And The Nigerian Environment: An Appraisal [report]
Plastic pollution
Nigeria @ Global Plastic Action Partnership
Climate change
Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
· Nigeria’s INDC from Paris in 2015. Carbon emission reduction targets are 20% unconditional and
45% conditional. Objective of “economic and social development: grow economy 5% per year,
improve standard of living, electricity access for all.”
· 5 page summery by the federal government of Nigeria
Nigeria's Adaptation Plan on UNDP Site
Transportation
Lagos Non-Motorized Transport Policy
Freshwater
Water Access and Sanitation in Nigeria @ Wikipedia
Fisheries
FAO Fishery and Aquaculture country profile
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Agriculture
Nigeria Agriculture @ UNFAO
Agriculture and Food Security @ USAID
Biodiversity
Nigeria @ Clearing House Mechanism for the UN Convention on Biological Diversity
· Includes extensive info on biodiversity issues in Nigeria and conservation efforts.
Bobbie Norman (2021) & Maya Kattler-Gold (2018) of Brandeis University contrbuted to this page.