Environmental Security in Africa: Conflicts, Politics, and Development

Environmental Security in Africa: Conflicts, Politics, and Development investigates the nature, scope, and dimension of environmental security in Africa from a multidisciplinary perspective to examines the history, theories, spatial patterns, sociocultural, socioeconomic consequences, and legal ramifications of Africa’s environmental concerns. This book is grounded in theories that cut across the social, behavioral, and environmental sciences, arguing that environmental security is a multifaceted subject intricately linked to global climate change and magnified by globalization. Drawing from case studies across different parts of Africa, Elisha Jasper Dung, Leonard Sitji Bombom, Augustine Avwunudiogba, and the contributors argue that the integral part of the solution to Africa’s environmental security issues are entrenched in victims' local, regional, social, cultural, political, and economic circumstances in specific geographical locations, such as Nigeria, Northeast Africa, Kenya, and South Sudan. Comprised of 17 chapters, this book provides a unique perspective that facilitates understanding the complex problem of environmental security and its sundry ramifications for scholars and policymakers.

Table of Contents:
List of Tables and Figures Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Elisha Jasper Dung, Leonard Sitji Bombom and Augustine Avwunudiogba Part I: Conceptual and Theoretical Considerations Chapter 1: The Geography of Environmental Security in Africa Elisha Jasper Dung Chapter 2: Globalization, Climate Change, and Environmental Security in Africa Augustine Avwunudiobga and Ufuoma Efe Akpovwovwo Chapter 3: Access to Environmental Resources: A Framework for Understanding the Drivers of Environmental Conflict Sabastian Okechukwu Onah, Jonathan Ali Ogwuche, and Muhammad Kabiru Dahiru Chapter 4: Environmental Conflicts, Politics, and Development in Africa: A Review Fagdéba Bakoyéma Chapter 5: Climate and Environmental Changes: A Nexus of Environmental Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa Ahmad Hamza Abdullahi and Abdulkadir Maharazu Part II: Conflicts and Politics of Environmental Security Chapter 6: Threats, Triggers, and Tipping Points of Conflicts: A Case Study of North Central Nigeria, 2002?2022 Zainab Nuhu and Tasi’u Yalwa Rilwanu Chapter 7: The Impact of Ethiopian Dams on the Environment in Northeast Africa Domagoj Krpan Chapter 8: Revisiting the 2006 Toxic Waste Dump Incident in Cote d’Ivoire Balla M. Keita Chapter 9: Implementation and Enforcement of Sustainability Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements in Africa Moses Onyango Ogutu Chapter 10: Dimensions of Environmental Conflicts in the Niger Delta of Nigeria, 1956?2015 Emmanuel Ezi Obuah and Reginald Chikere Keke Chapter 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 Nigeria Oluchukwu Ignatus Onianwa Part III: Environmental Security and Development Chapter 13: Socioeconomic Impact of Land Swamp Reclamation: Implications for Environmental Security in the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria Michael Uzodianya Didia and Temple Probyne Abali Chapter 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 Africa Ufuoma Efe Akpovwovwo Chapter 16: Population Growth and Resource Exploitation: Implications for Environmental Security in Nigeria Faith Iwejingi Sajini Chapter 17: “Land Grabs” and the “Local Community”: The Search for Human Security between Participation and Patronage in South Sudan Sara de Simone Conclusion: Environmental Security in Africa: The Way Forward Elisha Jasper Dung, Leonard Sitji Bombom and Augustine Avwunudiogba About the Editors About the Contributors

About the Author :
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.

Review :
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. This is a significant book on environmental security in Africa. This edited volume captures the historical, socioeconomic, cultural, and political aspects of environmental challenges in Africa in seventeen scrutinized chapters. Elisha Jasper Dung, Leonard Sitji Bombom and Augustine Avwunudiogba and the contributors thoroughly explore the problem of environmental security from diverse theoretical perspectives established within socio-cultural, environmental, and spatial perspectives. The multidisciplinary nature of this book shines, probing insights into this existential problem in Africa. This makes it an essential read for all stakeholders interested in further understanding and finding solutions to Africa's environmental security problem.