5pm till 8pm on Thursday 21 June 2012
Abbey Centre, London South Bank University
Nearest tube: Elephant & Castle (Bakerloo Line)
RSVP Grimot Nane, Seminar Coordinator, email: [email protected], tel: 07735 365915.
You are cordially invited to attend an IDEARS series seminar organised by the Weeks Centre for Social and Policy Research, London South Bank University. The seminar will be held in partnership with the Ethiope Foundation. IDEARS stands for International Development, Emergencies and Refugees Studies.
The seminar will be of particular benefit to academics, researchers and campaigners interested in environmental protection, social impacts of ecological emergencies and human rights.
The theme of the seminar is “Governance & Oil Extraction in the Niger Delta”. The Niger Delta in Southern Nigeria is one of the most environmentally degraded regions of the world due to decades of oil extraction and inadequate government regulation. We seek to address the following issues in the seminar:
- Governance and corruption
- Approaches to ecocide eradication
- Issues in public health and pollution
- Effectiveness of campaigns and initiatives
Speakers
Polly Higgins (This Is Ecocide) Lawyer, environmental activist and author
Dr Rhuks Ako (Hull University) Lawyer and academic
Ben Amunwa (Platform London) Environmental activist and researcher
Dr Cal Amayo (Ethiope Foundation) Medical practitioner and activist
