Nigeria - 2016 - Health

National Policy on the Environment (Revised 2016)

Ministry of Health, Nigeria

The goal of the National Policy on the Environment is to ensure environmental protection and the conservation of natural resources for sustainable development. Its strategic objective is to coordinate environmental protection and natural resources conservation for sustainable development. To achieve this this goal, the strategies outlined in this document will be followed. It includes securing a quality of environment adequate for good health and well-being, promoting sustainable use of natural resources and the restoration and maintenance of the biological diversity of ecosystems, promoting an understanding of the essential linkages between the environment, social and economic development issues and raising public awareness and engendering a national culture of environmental preservation.

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Department of Planning Research and Statistics

Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment

Office of the Minister of State for Environment

Office of the Minister of Environment

Federal Executive Council

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National Policy on the Environment (Revised 2016) Current Version

January 2022

The goal of the National Policy on the Environment is to ensure environmental protection and the conservation of natural resources for sustainable development. Its strategic objective is to coordinate environmental protection and natural resources conservation for sustainable development. To achieve this this goal, the strategies outlined in this document will be followed. It includes securing a quality of environment adequate for good health and well-being, promoting sustainable use of natural resources and the restoration and maintenance of the biological diversity of ecosystems, promoting an understanding of the essential linkages between the environment, social and economic development issues and raising public awareness and engendering a national culture of environmental preservation.

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