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A community manages its environmental resources in Nigeria

GDPC
November 2, 2013

A case study about a farming community in Nigeria which was assisted by the NGO African Youth Movement to learn about water pollution and organise the resettlement of farmers and wood loggers to protect their drinking water.

One in a series of video case studies created by the Global Network for Disaster Reduction.

GNDR, 2011.

A community manages its environmental resources in Nigeria, Overview of GNDR video case studies
http://www.globalnetwork-dr.org/case-studies/advocacy-a-awareness-raising/article/183-nigeria.html, http://www.globalnetwork-dr.org/case-studies.html

Topics

Risk Assessment, Technological hazard

Country

Africa, Nigeria

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