Vulnerability and adaptation of Nigeria's Niger Delta coast settlements to sea level rise
Ogba, C. Okoko and Pius B. Utang
The Niger delta Coastal settlements, which are already under stress of demographic pressure and unsustainable oil exploitation, are equally under the threat of sea level rise. Global projections of sea level rise put the area under future inundation of up to 100km in land. The implications are the loss of valuable Biodiversity, land, property, economic activities and livelihoods. Though the impact is not expected to be uniform across board, the flora and fauna already enlisted as threatened will be more vulnerable. The poor, marginalized and economically week would be worst affected. The impact would not be spontaneous and as such economic activities and facilities will gradually be relocated and human population will migrate, creating environmental refugees. The burden, which will be more social than economic will be heavy on the government, the community and other stakeholders. In addition increasing scarcity of land will accelerate the stress on available resources and conflict could ensue.
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