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Strengthening the agenda for the protection and promotion of environmental rights in Nigeria
Ayua, Musean - In: Political reform and economic recovery in Nigeria, (pp. 126-175). 2001
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Environmental sanitation practices in Osogbo, Nigeria : an assessment of residents’ sprucing-up of their living environment
Daramola, Oluwole; Olowoporoku, Oluwaseun - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 16 (2016) 4, pp. 699-716
This paper examined residents’ environmental sanitation practices across different residential zones of Osogbo, Nigeria …
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Research for Proposing Incorporation of Environmental Human Rights Principles to Foster Environmental Protection in Nigeria
Maidin, Ainul Jaria; Abdulkadir, Abdulkadir Bolaji - 2014
violations by the multinational companies (MNCs) operating in Nigeria which lead to the people living in the locality to suffer … guaranteed rights. The regulatory frameworks on environment and MNCs in Nigeria have proven to be inadequate and ineffective in … and analyze the problems of the existing legal framework on the environment and MNCs in Nigeria. This analysis would …
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Integrating Environmental Protection into Exploration of Natural Resources in Nigeria : Reflections on the Idea of Sustainable Development and its Application in Nigeria
Okoboh, Charity Udokah - 2014
Nigeria is blessed with abundant natural resources such as oil and gas, coal, minerals, cocoa, thick forests, rich soil … for vegetation, animals, and good weather for human habitation. Nigeria is in fact Africa's leading oil producer and ranks … others. Oil exploration in Nigeria has also led to the contamination of drinking water, destruction and extinction of wild …
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Now or never : environmental protection under hyperbolic discounting
Winkler, Ralph - 2006
In this paper, we extend the well known result that hyperbolically discounting agents tend to postpone costs into the future. In a simple model we show that, without commitment to the ex ante optimal plan, no investment in environmental protection is undertaken over the whole time horizon, no...
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The Brazilian rural development model in the context of green economy
Mattei, Lauro - 2015
This paper discusses the Brazilian rural development model in the context of Green Economy and the debate about sustainable development, issues that have been discussed in international sphere. In this way, conceptions and new concepts have been defined which clarify the ideas and mechanisms...
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Strategic interaction in spending on environmental protection : spatial evidence from Chinese cities
Deng, Huihui; Zheng, Xinye; Huang, Nan; Li, Fanghua - In: China & world economy 20 (2012) 5, pp. 103-126
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Eco-labelling and environmental policy efforts in developing countries
Shams, Rasul - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 30 (1995) 3, pp. 143-149
Eco-labelling has become an increasingly popular instrument in recent years. Among the new developments which have been called for are that they should also be used as a means of encouraging developing countries to apply stricter environment policies. The following article investigates whether...
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Estimating gross employment effects of environmental protection : the DIW method
Blazejczak, Jürgen; Edler, Dietmar - 2015
Environmental employment is an issue with high interest to the public and to policy makers. Yet, the debate is blurred by a great number of distinct definitions and hence estimates of environmental employment. Therefore it is essential to carefully document delimitations and methods used in any...
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The threat of offshoring on the environmental regulation
Kwon, Chul-Woo; Uk, Hwang - In: International economic journal 35 (2021) 2, pp. 155-170
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