List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Elisha Jasper Dung, Leonard Sitji Bombom and Augustine Avwunudiogba
Part I: Conceptual and Theoretical Considerations
Chapter 1: The Geography of Environmental Security in Africa
Elisha Jasper Dung
Chapter 2: Globalization, Climate Change, and Environmental Security in Africa
Augustine Avwunudiobga and Ufuoma Efe Akpovwovwo
Chapter 3: Access to Environmental Resources: A Framework for Understanding the Drivers of Environmental Conflict
Sabastian Okechukwu Onah, Jonathan Ali Ogwuche, and Muhammad Kabiru Dahiru
Chapter 4: Environmental Conflicts, Politics, and Development in Africa: A Review
Fagdéba Bakoyéma
Chapter 5: Climate and Environmental Changes: A Nexus of Environmental Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ahmad Hamza Abdullahi and Abdulkadir Maharazu
Part II: Conflicts and Politics of Environmental Security
Chapter 6: Threats, Triggers, and Tipping Points of Conflicts: A Case Study of North Central Nigeria, 2002―2022
Zainab Nuhu and Tasi’u Yalwa Rilwanu
Chapter 7: The Impact of Ethiopian Dams on the Environment in Northeast Africa
Domagoj Krpan
Chapter 8: Revisiting the 2006 Toxic Waste Dump Incident in Cote d’Ivoire
Balla M. Keita
Chapter 9: Implementation and Enforcement of Sustainability Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements in Africa
Moses Onyango Ogutu
Chapter 10: Dimensions of Environmental Conflicts in the Niger Delta of Nigeria, 1956―2015
Emmanuel Ezi Obuah and Reginald Chikere Keke
Chapter 11: Herdsmen-Farmers Conflict in Nigeria’s Middle Belt Region
Leonard Sitji Bombom, Racheal Yemisi Amupitan, and Marcus Ogwu Edino
Chapter 12: Forests: The Environmental Theatre for Internal Security Operations in Nigeria
Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa
Part III: Environmental Security and Development
Chapter 13: Socioeconomic Impact of Land Swamp Reclamation: Implications for Environmental Security in the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria
Michael Uzodianya Didia and Temple Probyne Abali
Chapter 14: Environmental Security in Kenya: A Case of Geothermal Projects in Samburu and Narok Counties
Clifford Collins Omondi Okwany, Evelyn Atieno Owino and Brian Ocheing Okoth
Chapter 15: Mangrove Forest Management in Africa
Ufuoma Efe Akpovwovwo
Chapter 16: Population Growth and Resource Exploitation: Implications for Environmental Security in Nigeria
Faith Iwejingi Sajini
Chapter 17: “Land Grabs” and the “Local Community”: The Search for Human Security between Participation and Patronage in South Sudan
Sara de Simone
Conclusion: Environmental Security in Africa: The Way Forward
Elisha Jasper Dung, Leonard Sitji Bombom and Augustine Avwunudiogba
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