Traditional Coping Mechanism and Environmental Sustainability Strategies in Nnewi, Nigeria |
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Authors: | G O Anoliefo O S Isikhuemhen E C Okolo |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Botany, University of Benin, P. M. B. 1154, Benin City, Nigeria;(2) Kyusyu Research Centre, FFPRI, Kurokami 4-11-16, Kumamoto 860, Japan;(3) Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research, NIFOR, Benin City, Nigeria |
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Abstract: | Nnewi is situated some 30 kilometres South East of Onitsha in Anambra State in the southeastern part of Nigeria. This highly
commercial town has undergone rapid urbanisation and industrialisation within the past two decades, since the end of the 1967–1970
Nigerian civil war. The Igbo community of the study area had traditionally employed bioconversion methods and other indigenous
technology to process or recycle bio and non-degradable wastes. Industrialisation has enjoyed priority status in this locality
as a requirement for modernisation and economic progress. The rapid urbanisation, aggressive industrialisation, and the attendant
uncontrolled population growth have had a deleterious impact on the environment. There is now a wide range of industrial wastes
that are released daily into the environment. Effects of these activities on the socio-cultural practices of the people, plant
genetic resources and the environment are highlighted. In addition to palliative measures suggested here, a call is made to
revisit the successful indigenous waste treatment and management technology formerly practised by the Igbo community. The
importance of combining modern biotechnological approaches with the indigenous technology, norms and practices of Nwewi people
to effect suitable waste treatment and management, as well as improving the living habits and the education of the people
about their environment, is recommended.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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