TITLE:
Oil Pollution and Bio-Diversity Conservation in Nigeria: An Assessment of Legal Framework
AUTHORS:
Adesina Temitayo Bello, Joseph Amadi
KEYWORDS:
Oil Pollution, Biological Diversity Conservation
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
Vol.7 No.8,
August
29,
2019
ABSTRACT: Oil pollution distorts aquatic life which not only
destroys the source of livelihood of fishers, but also causes a shortage of
supply of seafood. It destroys the fertile soil, which makes it difficult for
the farmer to farm as a means of livelihood, and the supply of agricultural produce is reduced as a result of poor crop
yields. This article deals with the effects of oil
pollution on biological diversity in Nigeria. It espouses the legal regime of
oil pollution and biological diversity. The article highlights threatened
components of the country’s biological diversity and the measures taken by the
government to control and checks the activities of oil
companies in a bid to ensure that they abide by best practices for the
conservation of the country’s biological diversity. This article recommended
that there needs to be a collective effort of the government, Petroleum
Companies and host communities to ensure that Nigeria’s Bio-diversities is conserved. The article established that Bio-diversity is the true essence of natural life; however, oil pollution can cause the total destruction of this natural
life, hence, the need for the conservation of our bio-diversity, for the
protection of the environment and human existence.