Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland
Publisher: UNEP
Date: 2011
Topics: Assessment, Weapons, Waste, and Pollution
Countries: Nigeria
“Covering around 1,000 km2 in Rivers State, southern Nigeria, Ogoniland has been the site of oil industry operations since the late 1950s. Ogoniland has a tragic history of pollution from oil spills and oil well fires, although no systematic scientific information has been available about the ensuing contamination.”