Title: Green governance : the case of Akassa community forests management and development plan

Authors: Joab-Peterside, Sofiri

Place: Berkeley, CA [etc.]

Publisher: University of California. Institute of international studies [etc.]

Year: 2007

Journal: Niger delta economies of violence project working papers

Volume: 19

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, natural resources policy, private sector, foreign investments, elite, nigeria

Abstract: This study of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria shows how environmental degradation associated with oil exploration has been shaped by corporate development strategy and how practice of devolution of powers over resource management reinforced the hegemony of the ruling class.

URL: http://geography.berkeley.edu/ProjectsResources/ND%20Website/NigerDelta/WP/19-Joab-Peterside.pdf

Document type: Portal