Environmental Security in Africa

Elisha Jasper Dung is professor and coordinator of geography in the Department of Advancement Studies at Alabama State University.Leonard Sitji Bombom is associate professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Jos. Augustine Avwunudiogba is professor of geography and environmental resources in the Department of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Resources at California State University, Stanislaus.

• List of Tables and FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionElisha Jasper Dung, Leonard Sitji Bombom and Augustine AvwunudiogbaPart I: Conceptual and Theoretical ConsiderationsChapter 1: The Geography of Environmental Security in AfricaElisha Jasper DungChapter 2: Globalization, Climate Change, and Environmental Security in AfricaAugustine Avwunudiobga and Ufuoma Efe AkpovwovwoChapter 3: Access to Environmental Resources: A Framework for Understanding the Drivers of Environmental Conflict Sabastian Okechukwu Onah, Jonathan Ali Ogwuche, and Muhammad Kabiru DahiruChapter 4: Environmental Conflicts, Politics, and Development in Africa: A ReviewFagdéba BakoyémaChapter 5: Climate and Environmental Changes: A Nexus of Environmental Changes in Sub-Saharan AfricaAhmad Hamza Abdullahi and Abdulkadir MaharazuPart II: Conflicts and Politics of Environmental Security Chapter 6: Threats, Triggers, and Tipping Points of Conflicts: A Case Study of North Central Nigeria, 2002?2022Zainab Nuhu and Tasi’u Yalwa Rilwanu Chapter 7: The Impact of Ethiopian Dams on the Environment in Northeast AfricaDomagoj KrpanChapter 8: Revisiting the 2006 Toxic Waste Dump Incident in Cote d’IvoireBalla M. KeitaChapter 9: Implementation and Enforcement of Sustainability Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements in AfricaMoses Onyango OgutuChapter 10: Dimensions of Environmental Conflicts in the Niger Delta of Nigeria, 1956?2015Emmanuel Ezi Obuah and Reginald Chikere KekeChapter 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 NigeriaOluchukwu Ignatus OnianwaPart III: Environmental Security and DevelopmentChapter 13: Socioeconomic Impact of Land Swamp Reclamation: Implications for Environmental Security in the Niger Delta Region, NigeriaMichael Uzodianya Didia and Temple Probyne AbaliChapter 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 AfricaUfuoma Efe AkpovwovwoChapter 16: Population Growth and Resource Exploitation: Implications for Environmental Security in NigeriaFaith Iwejingi SajiniChapter 17: “Land Grabs” and the “Local Community”: The Search for Human Security between Participation and Patronage in South SudanSara de SimoneConclusion: Environmental Security in Africa: The Way ForwardElisha Jasper Dung, Leonard Sitji Bombom and Augustine AvwunudiogbaAbout the Editors About the Contributors

Environmental security remains vulnerable to definitional pluralism. Elisha Jasper Dung, Leonard Sitji Bombom, and Augustine Avwunudiogba capture the clouded concept clearly by conceiving environmental security in terms of threats to human production in Africa when natural and human-constructed spaces are not safeguarded. The confluence of politics and development, along with its impact on environmental security, represents a critical vector in the face of unresolved conflicts and obstreperous natural processes—such as climate change—that can further endanger both human production and the life-supporting capabilities of the environment. Without in-depth analysis, as demonstrated in this book, it becomes difficult to understand the correlates of environmental security in poorly explored contexts. This book will be a great source worldwide for scholars and practitioners in African studies, political science, public affairs and public policy, sociology, and environmental science.