Nigeria's foremost environmental pressure group, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) will from today, the 25th of September, host the Biennial General Meeting of the Friends of the Earth International and an international conference with the theme: "Minimizing Climate Change Impact and Curbing Global Energy Chaos ".

Enforcement of periodic integrity checks, effective surveillance, prompt response mechanisms, community participation in decisions bothering on security and safety of pipelines, eradication of poverty through the protection of local livelihoods are immediate measures government must implement to contain incessant pipeline explosions and the attendant massive loss of human lives and property, the Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), has said.