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Natural Resources, Their Importance And Ways Of Conservation
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To control and maintain economic
development and social-wellbeing of the people, there must be some laws
that guild the use of natural resources. The Federal Environmental
Protection Agency Decree Number 59 of 1992 gave a comprehensive national
policy for protection of the natural environment. The impact of the
policy brought about the assessment and designing of any development
project by the Environmental Agency (Babangida, 1992).
The
constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as the National
Legal Order, recognizes the importance of improving and protecting the
environment and made provision for it. Relevant sections in section 20
made it an objective of the Nigerian State to improve and protect air,
land, water, forest and wildlife of Nigeria (Terry,2001).
Natural Resources in Nigeria that need to be protected can be found in
different regions and locations. Some of the States where oil and gas
are found are Cross-River, Rivers State, Akwa-Ibom, Imo, Delta etc,.
Coal is found in Enugu, Cocoa is found in Ondo and Iron is found in
Ajaokuta. Cement is found in Nkalagu, Kwekoro, Calaba etc, (Roosvelt,
1993).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Natural resources are nature’s gift to man, to maintain comfortable and peaceful life. Human beings have the responsibility of conserving the resources by taking the right steps. This will help to maintain the environmental balance and satisfy the needs to the fullest. For this reason it is important to convey to people by arranging seminar and conference, in order to educate the public by environmental experts. Fast depletion of the resources such as forests, natural gas, wildlife, oil, ... Continue reading---
