Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland 2011 - January 2022

Concerns over petroleum-related contamination have been at the heart of social interest in Ogoniland, a kingdom in Rivers State, Nigeria. Although oil industry operations were suspended in Ogoniland in 1993, widespread contamination remains.

Following a request from the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, UNEP conducted an independant study to determine the environmental and public health impacts of oil contamination in Ogoniland, and options for remediation.

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