ABSTRACT
Environmental issues are meant to be operationalized through the formulation of actor-specific environmental actions plans, which define priority action that will convert strategy into practice. The Environmental Planning and Management (EPM) process which is an increasingly popularized cans of solving the myriads of problems afflicting the environmental in contemporary world.
The study examines the use of Environmental Planning and Management (EPM) process as a strategy of solving environmental problems in Bonny Island, Rivers State, Nigeria by investigating the perception of the general public on the state of the environment in the area, level of participation of people in compliance to existing environmental strategies, causes of ineffective environmental management in the area and assessing community satisfaction with existing environmental management approach using well structured questionnaires administered to sampled households.
Questions were related to socio-economic characteristics of households, willingness to participate by the community in the EPM process, perceived level of environmental degradation in the area, level of compliance of oil and gas companies to environmental laws and the role of Government environment protection agencies in protecting the environment of the study area.
The results confirm that the level of damage from oil exploration, gas activities, pollution and pipeline vandalizations is chronic and cumulative, which has resulted to the degradation of the environment, routine of facilities and compliancy to environmental management approaches are not regular, facilities and equipment were found be grossly inadequate therefore proper inspection can not be well carried out, the community expressed dissatisfaction with the existing environment approach which they attributed to the inability of fully implementing the environmental approach, the community indicated that given the opportunity they are willing to particimendations were made for the effective and efficient application of the EPM process in the study area.
INTRODUCTION
The interconnection of computer with other related office equipments are finding increasi...
ABSTRACT
The need for keeping prompt and accurate record of transaction in the government services of the receipt and di...
1 Background to the Study
This work attempts to throw more light on costuming an absurd play using Samuel Beckett&...
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Prior to the discovery of petroleum and its commercial mining in Nigeria, Nigeria was esse...
ABSTRACT
Spondias mombin belongs to the family Anacardiacae. All parts of the tree are reported to be medicinally useful. The fruit juice...
Abstract
This research project was embarked upon to examine the factors that influence consumer purchas...
Abstract
Unemployment has been a major issue in the Nigerian economy since the mid-1980s. Consequently, the Federal gove...
ABSTRACT
Unwanted pregnancy followed by unsafe abortion can be avoided by using different contraceptiv...
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Word wide, manufacturing industries have grown tremendously in the last decade....
ABSTRACT
This study takes a critical examination of the United States posture against international terrorism and eventu...