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 .: WHAT IS THE MANDATE OF NESREA
    NESREA has responsibility for the
    protection and development of the



  .: WHAT IS THE FOCUS OF NESREA
     >   To protect the environment

     >   To create awareness
     >   Maintaining Environmental



  .:  WHAT ARE ITS FUNCTIONS
     >  Enforce compliance with laws,  
         guidelines, policies and
         standards on environmental
        
matters;

     >  Coordinate and liaise with,
         
stakeholders, within and outside
         Nigeria on matters of
         environmental standards,
         regulations and enforcement;
 NESREA'S STRATEGIES


As part of the NESREA’s strategies towards effective implementation of her mandate, the Agency shall:

  • Ensure inter-sectoral linkages between relevant bodies with respect to development planning and decision making processes;
  • Adopt a system of national accounting to internalize environmental costs;
  • Embark on continuous compliance monitoring and environmental enforcement programmes;
  • Promote voluntary environmental compliance programmes;
  • Conduct baseline studies on the state of the Nigerian environment and build a databank;
  • Monitor the state of the Nigerian environment on a continuous basis and publish regular reports to guide policy formulation and decision-making;
  • Create fora for dialogue, exchange of information and experience as well as build consensus and partnerships among all stakeholders ;
  • Develop environmental education curricula in the area of compliance monitoring and enforcement for integration into formal and informal education system;
  • Develop environmental awareness programmes for nationwide implementation;
  • Prepare a compendium of  international environmental agreements, conventions and protocols which Nigeria is a signatory;
  • Commence the development of new, and the review of existing obsolete environmental guidelines, regulations and standards;
  • Undertake aggressive public awareness campaign and advocacy at all levels to properly communicate the concept of voluntary compliance and should enlist the support and participation of all key stakeholders including trade unions; professional and business associations; civil society organisations; traditional, natural and faith-based organizations;
  • Evolve an effective mechanism to identify, build and sustain partnerships with relevant stakeholders;
  • Promote the development of local technologies for compliance monitoring and enforcement;
  • Initiate regular sector-specific consultative meetings for sharing of ideas and experience, and better dissemination of information;

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