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Extractive industries and Millenium Development Goals for Sub-Saharan Africa

The eight Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) developed by the United Nations (UN) in 2000, aim to encourage development by improving social and economic conditions in the world’s poorest countries. However, it is widely accepted that the MDGs will not be met due to unfulfilled political and financial commitments. Sub-Saharan Africa is a sad example of …

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Gas flaring in Nigeria: wasting environment, wasting development, wasting life

Due to the enormous amounts of natural gas released into the atmosphere during the production of oil by international corporations like Shell, ExxonMobil and Chevron, Nigeria will fail to achieve Millenium Development Goal (MDG), which aims to ‘ensure environmental sustainability’ and MDG 8, ‘to develop a global partnership for development’.

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Tar Sands impacts on people, climate and environment – From Canada to Africa

This fact sheet explains how much the global development of tar sands will magnify the climate crisis and damage the environment and development objectives. Tar Sands are a naturally occurring mixture of sand or clay, water and an extremely dense and viscous form of petroleum called bitumen. The process of converting tar sands into fuel …

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