The chemicals inappropriately disposed into the environment have an irreversible effect and Ogoni communities are disposed to this. - Roseline Konya

Nature’s gifts were hard to value in monetary terms. Like clean air, they are often taken for granted at least until they become scarce, such levity had resulted to the environment’s degradation at the detriment of the rural people.

They are among the first to suffer when ecosystems are threatened whether by pollution, climate change or over-exploitation.

Economists, as parts of their contributions, are developing ways to measure the multi-trillion-dollar worth of many so-called ecosystems services, the ministry was reviewing and updating its extant laws for the enforcement and achievement of best environment practices including green economic policies.