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Environmental Degradation And Oil Spillages: An Indictment To Environmental Law And Human Rights
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1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The adverse effects of a single oil
spill incident are often immense and unquantifiable. One key effect of
an oil spill is pollution of the immediate environment. The extent of
pollution of that environment depends on the amount of oil spilled into
the environment during that incident; the response made towards clean-up
of the oil spill and the quantity of oil that reaches the surrounding
land. The type of environment the oil is spilled into also affects the
magnitude of the harm. It is in view of this that the researcher intend
to investigate the effect of environmental degradation and oil spillage
on the environment.
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The main objective
of this study is to ascertain the effect of environmental degradation
and oil spillage indictment to environmental law and human rights. But
for the successful completion of the study; the researcher intends to
achieve the following sub-objectives; i) To ascertain the effect of oil
spillage on the environment. ii) To ascertain the role of the government
in implementing environmental laws iii) To evaluate the relationship
between environmental laws and human right iv) To investigate the impact
of oil spillage on environmental degradation
1.4 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
For
the successful completion of the study the following research
hypotheses were formulated by the researcher; H0: oil spillage does not
have any significant effect on the environment H1: oil spillage does
have a significant effect on the environment H0: the government does not
play any significant role in implementing environmental laws. H2:
government does play a significant role in implementing environmental
laws
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
It is believed that at the
completion of the study, the findings will be of great importance to the
federal ministry of environment, as the study seek to address the
effect oil spillage on the environment, the study also seek to address
the adverse effect of environmental degradation indictment on
environmental laws and human rights. The study will also be useful to
researchers who intend to embark on research in similar topic, Finally
the findings of this study will also be immense benefit to government,
academia, scholars, researchers and the general public.
1.6 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The
scope of the study covers environmental degradation and oil spillage an
indictment to environmental laws and human rights. But in the cause of
the study there are some factors which militated against the scope of
the study; a) AVAILABILITY OF RESEARCH MATERIAL: The research material
available to the researcher is insufficient, thereby limiting the study.
b) TIME: The time frame allocated to the study does not enhance wider
coverage as the researcher has to combine other academic activities and
examinations with the study. c) FINANCE: The finance available for the
research work does not allow for wider coverage as resources are very
limited as the researcher has other academic bills to cover
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