Volume 07 Issue 11 November 2024
A.O. Adeniyi
Department of Jurisprudence and International Law Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v7-i11-64Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT
Laws have been used to address biodiversity concerns globally, with encouraging results in certain nations. While appropriate use of biodiversity ensures future generations' survival, biodiversity protection is essential for sustainable development. Nigeria's biodiversity is being lost as a result of intentional attacks on wildlife and the degradation of natural ecosystems. Nigeria is a signatory to several treaties that are important for biodiversity preservation, including the Convention on Biodiversity. The existence of these regulations has not stopped human activity, which has continued to threaten the remaining species and overtime caused the extinction of some. Poverty, economic development, incomplete or non-ratification by governments of international treaties and conventions on conservation issues, unclear laws on biodiversity by the government, pollution, climate change, invasion by alien species, and other factors are some of the main threats to Nigeria's biodiversity conservation. This research examines biodiversity, factors that contribute to loss of biodiversity, the difficulties it faces in Nigeria, and the steps the government is taking to implement the law to save it. The research was carried out using published materials online and in the library. With the goal of determining what policies should be developed to guarantee that legislation serves the objective of biodiversity protection, the opportunities and problems of the laws are examined. In this study, the revival of the traditional conservation system and good governance are advocated.
KEYWORDS:environment, biodiversity, protection, species, ecosystem, habitation
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LEGISLATION
1) Article 2, United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity 2022
2) Section 1 Endangered Species (Control of International Trade and Traffic) Act
3) Section 10 Endangered Species (Control of International Trade and Traffic) Act
4) Section 13 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended
5) Section 14 (2) Endangered Species (Control of International Trade and Traffic) Act
6) Section 2 of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Establishment) Act 2007
7) Section 20 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended
8) Section 5(6) Endangered Species (Control of International Trade and Traffic) Act
9) Section 6 (6) (c) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended
10) Section 7 of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (Establishment) Act 2007
11) The Endangered Species (Control of International Trade and Traffic) Act, Cap E9 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004
