Environmental Regulations in Nigeria: A Mini Review-Juniper Publishers
Juniper Publishers- Open Access Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources Environmental Regulations in Nigeria: A Mini Review Authored by AB Mustapha Introduction The Report of the Vision 2020 Committee set up to provide a roadmap that will propel Nigeria among the top 20 world economies by 2020 acknowledged that the country is faced with many environmental problems such as the continuous exploitation of marginal lands, drought and desertification in the north, severe gully erosion in eastern and northern states, uncontrolled logging with inherent problems of the destruction of bio-diversity, inappropriate agricultural practices, destruction of watershed, destruction of vast agricultural lands, creation of burrow pits due to bad mining practices and road works, oil pollution from spillage and gas flaring, urban decay and squatter settlements, industrial pollution and municipal waste generation, climate change and ozone depletion among others. The same...