Environmentalist Identifies Economic Reason as Cause of Climate Change
Environmentalist
Identifies Economic Reason as Cause of Climate Change
An environmentalist, Mr. Nnimmo
Bassey, has identified economic reason as being responsible for the massive
harm done to the environment in the country and non-implementation of the
necessary legal framework to protect it.
Bassey, who is the Director of a non-governmental
organisation (NGO), Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), made the
assertion weekend at a workshop held at the University of Uyo (UNIUYO), Akwa
Ibom State.
He said governments at all levels, multinational and local
companies as well as individuals were guilty in this direction as they have
played major roles in creating negative impact on the environment now tagged
climate change.
Speaking on the theme: “Unpacking
Re-Source Democracy”, he said rising consumption and wastages had led to
massive extinction of species and severe environmental change, some of which
might well be irreversible, adding that environmental degradation disrupts “our
linkages to nature, shrivels our humanity and throws us into unhealthy rivalry
and struggles to whatever goods remain”.
“It alters our thought patterns and
social relations. The arrival of crude oil and petroleum resources literally
poisoned and damaged our environment, economy, politics and socio-cultural
relationships. Agriculture got ignored, manufacturing got side-lined and all
eyes got riveted on US dollars flowing into the national pot,” he said.
