ABSTRACT In Nigeria’s Niger Delta, oil pollution has significantly harmed the natural environment on which the local people in the Niger Delta depend for their livelihood and sustenance. The direct consequence of oil pollution is that it has led to multidimensional and protracted conflicts in oil-bearing communities. Drawing on fieldwork data, this article examines the ways in which oil pollution harms water resources and fuels conflicts in the local communities. It explores the socio-economic dynamics of the conflicts and insecurity, and how they are aggravated by the ineffectiveness of the measures adopted by the state to manage the conflicts. It argues that the role of local actors in the ecological dislocation have been downplayed and not factored into the measures devised to tackle the intractable conflicts. This article demonstrates how the network of interactions among localised, national and globalised actors aggravate environmental pollution and the complex conflicts in local communities.

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尼日利亚尼日尔三角洲地区河流社区的石油污染和水冲突：解决问题战略的挑战和要素

摘要 在尼日利亚的尼日尔三角洲，石油污染严重破坏了尼日尔三角洲当地人民赖以谋生和谋生的自然环境。石油污染的直接后果是它导致了含油社区的多层面和旷日持久的冲突。本文利用实地调查数据，研究了石油污染损害水资源并助长当地社区冲突的方式。它探讨了冲突和不安全的社会经济动态，以及它们如何因国家为管理冲突而采取的措施无效而加剧。它认为，地方行为者在生态混乱中的作用被轻描淡写，没有被纳入旨在解决棘手冲突的措施中。