Authors :
Oluwakemi Abiola Adejumo; Olufemi Adeyemi Owoade
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 8 - August
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DOI :
10.38124/IJISRT20AUG330
Abstract :
General consensus is that Nigeria
environment is being degraded but the implications of
this on the livelihood of majority of the populace who
inhabited the rural areas is usually ignored as they are
the voiceless, as voices are only raised when tragedy
struck in major cities. Through review of literatures this
paper identified environmental problems threatening
sustainable rural livelihood in Nigeria to include
deforestation, desertification, drought, environmental
pollution and climate change. These problems arose
from natural and human-made threats and direct and
indirect consequences of socio-economic development.
This paper argued that listening to the voices of the
rural poor is essential in the fight to reduce poverty and
resource-scarcity induced conflicts. As the progress
whatever the Nigeria nation has made so far has largely
been achieved at the detriment of the rural poor. It was
reiterated that complete evaluation of environmental
degradation should consider the roles marginalization
of rural poor, poverty and unsustainable agricultural
practices played in undermining achievement of
effective environmental protection and management in
rural Nigeria. The paper concluded that policies that
will bridge increasing gap between rural and urban
areas, poor and the rich will go a long way in ensuring
sustainability of natural environment.
Keywords :
Poverty, Marginalisation, EnvironmentalSensitive, Biodiversity, Natural Environment.
General consensus is that Nigeria
environment is being degraded but the implications of
this on the livelihood of majority of the populace who
inhabited the rural areas is usually ignored as they are
the voiceless, as voices are only raised when tragedy
struck in major cities. Through review of literatures this
paper identified environmental problems threatening
sustainable rural livelihood in Nigeria to include
deforestation, desertification, drought, environmental
pollution and climate change. These problems arose
from natural and human-made threats and direct and
indirect consequences of socio-economic development.
This paper argued that listening to the voices of the
rural poor is essential in the fight to reduce poverty and
resource-scarcity induced conflicts. As the progress
whatever the Nigeria nation has made so far has largely
been achieved at the detriment of the rural poor. It was
reiterated that complete evaluation of environmental
degradation should consider the roles marginalization
of rural poor, poverty and unsustainable agricultural
practices played in undermining achievement of
effective environmental protection and management in
rural Nigeria. The paper concluded that policies that
will bridge increasing gap between rural and urban
areas, poor and the rich will go a long way in ensuring
sustainability of natural environment.
Keywords :
Poverty, Marginalisation, EnvironmentalSensitive, Biodiversity, Natural Environment.
