Bodo (Nigeria)
Bodo is a place in the Niger Delta in southeastern Nigeria . It is located about 20 kilometers southeast of Port Harcourt in the state of Rivers in the settlement area of the Ogoni and has 69,000 inhabitants. According to calculations in 2012, the town itself has 6137 inhabitants.
Mangrove forests in the area are devastated by the oil pollution in the Niger Delta , which has sometimes lasted for decades , which is much larger than the individual disasters of the Exxon Valdez and even the Deepwater Horizon . Fishing and farming , which used to be the basis of life, are no longer possible.
Web links
- Bodo Report (PDF; 561 kB) on shr.aaas.org
- Far From Gulf, a Spill Scourge 5 Decades Old , New York Times, June 16, 2010, accessed January 16, 2012
- Shell has admitted liability but has a long way to go to make amends , The Guardian, August 4, 2011, accessed January 16, 2012
- Bodo on fallingrain.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b El mayor vertedero de petróleo , El País of January 16, 2012, accessed on January 16, 2012
- ↑ Population data 2012 ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Pastor Christian Bodo Nigeria.mov , Video YouTube
- ↑ (S) Hell In The Niger Delta: Satellite Images Document Oil Spills , on Amnesty International USA Weblog, November 13, 2011, accessed January 16, 2012
- ↑ Niger Delta oil spills: will the blame game end? ( Memento of the original from November 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Radio Netherlands International, November 17, 2011, accessed January 16, 2012
Coordinates: 4 ° 38 ' N , 7 ° 16' E