Impacts on the environment and QoL

Environmental - What did oil spills in the Niger Delta cause?

Damage to aquatic ecosystems

Environmental - What percentage of Nigerias forests have been destroyed?

70-80%

Environmental - Why have Nigerias forests been destroyed?

Agriculture, urban expansion and industrial development

Environmental - What do industry emit, and what effects do these have?

Emit poisonous gases which can contribute to respiratory and heart problems

Environmental - What has been added to waterways and what has this caused?

Chemicals added to soil have seeped into waterways causing pollution

Environmental - What has soil erosion (due to farming and deforestation) done to rivers?

Silted up rivers

Environmental - Deforestation has led to the loss of which species?

Giraffes and cheetahs

Environmental - What can oil spills result in?

Fires, send CO2 into atmosphere causing acid rain

Environmental - Example of an oil spill?

Bodo 2008-09 - devestated ecosystems and livelihoods of local farmers

Environmental - What does tin mining result in?

Local water supplies contaminated by toxins

Environmental - What issues have arisen due to urban growth?

Waste disposal, transport congestion, areas of countryside replaced by concrete

Bad effects on QoL - What can lead to inequalties in terms of who receives help?

Corruption

Bad effects on QoL - Why are there threats of disease?

The tseste fly

Bad effects on QoL - What two major issues need to be addressed?

Desertification and oil spills

Bad effects on QoL - What conflicts need to be addressed?

Ethnic and religious conflicts

Good effects on QoL - What has the expected years in school risen from and to?

From 6.7 years to 9yrs

Good effects on QoL - What do some people have higher levels of?

Disposable income

Good effects on QoL - What has the access to clean water risen from and to?

From 46% to 64%

Good effects on QoL - How has life expectancy increased?

From 45.6 years to 52.5 years

Good effects on QoL - What index has improved?

HDI - Human Development Index