IUCN-CEESP

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IUCN-CEESP

• IUCN COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND
  SOCIAL POLICY
• SEAPRISE
• CEESP WORKING GROUP
• ON SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY
  OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
• WORK WITH CIVIL SOCIETY, GOVERNMENTS AND INDUSTRY

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NIGERIA

• OIL PRODUCTION STARTED 50 YEARS AGO
• NIGERIA RECEIVED OVER 300 BILLION FOR OIL
• POPULATION OF 137 MILLION HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST
  GDP IN THE WORLD
• BETWEEN 9 AND 12 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL LOST IN
  OIL SPILLS IN THE LAST 50 YEARS
• IN 2004 MINISTER FOR OIL ESTIMATED NIGERIA WAS
  LOSING 10 MILLION A DAY FROM OIL SPILLS SABOTAGE
  AND THIEFS
• WIDE SPREAD PROBLEMS WITH CIVIL SOCITY
• MANY OIL INSTALLATIONS NOW CLOSED BY CIVIL
  SOCIETY ACTION.

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OIL IN FLARES IS FALLING ON CROPS, WATER AND
PEOPLE
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OIL SPILLS IN OGONI LAND
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MECHANICAL PUMP SPRINKLING OIL ACROSS A CREEK AND
VEGETATION
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OIL SPILL RIGHT BY HOUSES IN WARRI
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CAUSES OF OIL SPILLS

• OIL SPILLS ARE CAUSED BY
• FAILURE TO FOLLOW INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
• OLD EQUIPMENT NOT REPLACED IN TIME
• POOR ENGINEERING STANDARDS
• THIEFTS AND SABOTAGE
• IN 2004 A NIGERIAN MINISTER ESTIMATED THAT TOTAL
  LOSSES FROM THESE CAUSES WAS 150,000 BARRELS A
  DAY WORTH
• 10 MILLION A DAY

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OIL IS SHORT TERM

• FINISH IN THE LIFE TIME OF OUR CHILDREN
• PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AFTER OIL
• FIT OIL INTO NATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY
• INVEST IN RENEWABLES
• AGRICULTURE/FORESTRY
• FISHIERS/MARINE RESOURCES
• ECO TOURISM
• RENEWABLE ENERGY
• EDUCATION AND HEALTH

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INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

• OIL COMPANIES MUST FOLLOW INTERNATIONAL
  STANDARDS-SEE IUCN PUBLICATION
• OIL POLLUTION CAN SEVERLY DAMAGE
  ENVIRONMENT-PARTICULARLY MARINE ECO SYSTEMS.
• POLLUTION CAN DESTROY THE ABILITY OF THE POOR TO
  SURVIVE
• POLLUTION IN ONE COUNTRY CAN DAMAGE OTHER
  COUNTRIES AND CAUSE CIVIL DISTURBANCES OR EVEN
  WARS

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• OIL, GAS AND MINING INDUSTRIES MUST CONTRIBUTE
• TO
• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• NOT
• TO ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS

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STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL APPRAISAL (SEA)

• CARRY OUT SEAS TO INSURE
• OIL PRODUCTION FITS INTO NATIONAL STRATEGIES AND
  DOES NOT DAMAGE RENEWABLE ACTIVITIES (MARINE
  RESOURCES).
• INTEGRATES ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS INTO
  STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING ON SUSTAINABLE
  DEVELOPMENT
• SEE MAP REQUESTED BY PRIME MINISTER OF MAURITANIA