Environmental Rights Action (Nigeria)
Organization name
Environmental Rights Action (Nigeria)
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Organization type
NGO
Country
Current focus/area
Environmental rights
Human rights
Sustainable development
Food sovereignty
Energy
Extractives
Forests
Biodiversity
Democracy
Corporate accountability
Health
Description/notes
Environmental Rights Action (ERA) is a Nigerian advocacy non-governmental organisation founded on January 11, 1993, to deal with environmental human rights issues in Nigeria.
The organisation is dedicated to the defence of human ecosystems in terms of human rights and to the promotion of environmentally responsible governmental, commercial, community and individual practices in Nigeria through the empowerment of local people.
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Compendium source
Signatory of the People's’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival
9° 4' 55.20" N, 8° 40' 31.08" E