The Political Ecology of Oil and Gas Activities in the Nigerian Aquatic Ecosystem

The Political Ecology of Oil and Gas Activities in the Nigerian Aquatic Ecosystem reviews the current status of the ecosystems and economic implications of oil and gas development in Nigeria, a key oil-producing state. The ecological and economic impacts of oil and gas development, particularly in developing nations are crucial topics for ecologists, natural resource professionals and pollution researchers to understand. This book takes an integrative approach to these problems through the lens of one the key oil-producing nations, linking natural and human systems through the valuation of ecosystem services.

• Provides background information on Nigerian aquatic environments, the local history of oil exploration and a review of the physical chemistry of crude oil
• Reviews global and national perspectives on the oil and gas industry, and the wealth of the industry, from an physical ecological to a socio-political and economic ecological perspective
• Demonstrates real life situations of the interactions and the impacts of the Nigerian Petroleum production on the environment and local populations through case studies on ecosystem services, issues in crude oil explorations, land use/land cover, climate, health implications, sustainable oil exploration and remediation of petroleum spills