Following a thorough consultation with oil spill response teams, recommendations are made on practical, operational improvements to the JIV and how to put these improvements in place.
This case study shows how the distribution of solar lanterns feeds local demand, creates business opportunities, and can save Niger Delta households an average of $70 a year.
SDN received recognition for its work on the Oil Spill Monitor and Gas Flare Tracker digital mapping platforms in November after coming second in the HiiL Innovating Justice awards...
This accompanying paper to the Gas Flare Tracker outlines how industry, regulators and Civil Society can make the powerful case for ending gas flaring in Nigeria and converting...
Nigeria’s oil spill compensation system is broken. Individuals and communities whose lives have been ruined by oil spills wait years for payments which often never come.
This week provided a quite shocking reminder of how poorly Nigeria's gas resources are being utilized.
The third anniversary of the UNEP report on environmental damage in Ogoni has brought an acknowledgement that the HYPREP intervention has been a comprehensive failure.
Like many other voiceless victims in Niger-Delta communities, Mrs. Yerizima wishes there could be something done about her case, but she remains in the dark about what to do....
Three years after the publication of a ground-breaking report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on oil pollution in Ogoniland, the people of Ogoniland continue to suffer the effects...
The paper is informed by comparative research and the practical experiences of those who have – through negotiation, litigation, and other forms of recourse – sought remedy after an...
SDN has been bringing together government regulators, oil companies and civil society groups so that together they can draft a new set of principles and a framework for oil...
A number of recommendations were made by NACGOND towards a new JIV policy and practice, to help reduce the distrust between oil companies, regulatory agencies and local communities, ultimately...
SDN latest report analyses the massive growth in artisanal oil refining in the Niger Delta. The report explains for the first time why local refining is now entrenched and...
This report focuses on the first theme of the Oil Revenue Tracking Initiative. It seeks to create an understanding of Nigeria’s oil industry using info-graphics as the medium of...