ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

AN OVERVIEW

Abstract

In Nigeria, there is an increased level of environmental issues associated with living in the environment. However, successive Nigerian administrations from the colonial era paid little attention to this environmental issues resulting to
environmental degradation. The paper examines environmental management and sustainable development in Nigeria. The concept of Environmental management and sustainable development were examined and applied to the Nigerian context. The findings of this paper show that environmental sustainability policy gaps, inadequate implementation of existing environmental policies and practices that exist which militate against environmental sustainability. The paper presents some useful recommendations that are aimed at sustaining environmental issues in Nigeria