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Field Report 298 NNPC Pipelines pollute farmlands in Ohe community
The oil spill has affected our only source of livelihood. I don’t have any other business apart from farming. I don’t earn salary. I depend on farming for survival...Mrs. Esther Amawu,
INTRODUCTION
Community folks in Ohe, Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of Edo State are predominantly peasant farmers whose major farm products are maize, cassava, plantain, pepper and vegetables.
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipelines traverse the lands in Ohe and the people complain they suffer impacts such as inhalation of the pungent smell of crude oil whenever the pipelines leak oil.
Press Release
Friends of the Earth Africa at her Annual General Meeting that held in Accra,Ghana from 9-12th May 2012 and had members from Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Swaziland Tanzania, Tunisia and Uganda met and reviewed global issues with particular focus on those that confront the African continent.
Headliners
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Shell in Nigeria
Wednesday, 25th April 2012
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Press Release: BATN investment is no gain to Nigeria, says ERA/FoEN
Friday, 2nd March 2012
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New Report Exposes Land Grabbing by the Extractive Industries & the Devastating Impact on Earth
Wednesday, 29th February 2012
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Koluama Pollution: Go Beyond Cosmetic Visit, ERA/FoEN Tells Jonathan
Monday, 27th February 2012
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Nnimmo Bassey's interview with Democracy Now!
Wednesday, 7th December 2011
Oil Politics
Global and National Resistance to Genetically Modified Organisms :THE PRECAUTIONARY PATH
Our focus in this presentation is on modern biotechnology in crops and animal species. Traditional biotechnology is as old as agriculture and quite harmless. We are not also looking at hybridisation of crops or animals.
A cardinal principle to consider whenever there is to be an intervention that would have impacts on the planet’s biodiversity is what is termed the Precautionary Principle enshrined in the Cartagena Protocol (adopted in 2000) of the Convention on Biological Diversity. It requires that at a minimum every nation should exercise a precautionary principle when it comes to the introduction of GE crops or organisms into the environment. In simple terms, this principle requires that we tread the path of caution whenever there is doubt about genetically engineered organisms or products. This protocol deals with living modified organisms (LMOs) that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, It takes “into account risks to human health, and specifically focusing on transboundary movements”. The term "living modified organisms" is what is usually termed genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
With regard to genetically engineered foods and organisms, proponents claim that there is substantial equivalence between the genetically engineered crops and the natural counterparts. Substantial equivalence as the term implies suggests that there is no serious differences between the two groups.
However, this claim is not supported by fact. If the substantial equivalence concept were to be substantiated in fact, there would be no need for patenting of the engineered crops or organisms.






