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Building African Capacity to Develop and Implement Environmental Law
Nigerien Study Tour on Environmental Law, Enforcement, and the Petroleum Industry
Working with the Development Initiatives Network (DIN), a Nigerian NGO based in Lagos, ELI coordinated the US portion of a study tour of seven Nigerien environmental lawyers who advise community groups, NGOs, and oil companies. The tour sought to build the capacity of these professionals to improve the implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, particularly relating to the petroleum industry. From October 16-20, 2000, ELI provided an overview of US environmental laws, institutions, and practices. The discussions covered developments in international law (including their incorporation at the national level), legal regimes governing civil liability for environmental damage, economic methods of valuing natural resource damages, mechanisms for distributing compensation monies (including community trust funds), improving public access to information and public participation, alternative tools to litigation, and building a framework for protecting the environment at the local level.
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