Nnimmo Bassey

Nnimmo Bassey is a Nigerian environmentalist activist and poet, elected chair of Friends of the Earth International^[1] and Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action. He is one of Time magazine's Heroes of the Environment 2009.^[2] In 2010, Nnimmo Bassey was named co-winner of the Right Livelihood Award (also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize). ^[3]

Contents

1 Work
2 Publications
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Work

At the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Bassey - despite being accredited - was "physically kept out" of a meeting.^[4]

Publications

To Cook a Continent: Destructive Extraction and the Climate Crisis in Africa Publisher: Fahamu (Jul 1 2010) ISBN 1-906387-53-2 ISBN 978-1-906387-53-2
Trade and human rights in the Niger Delta
SHELL'S FPSO poses serious dangers

See also

Environmental issues in the Niger Delta

References

^ http://www.eraction.org/news/139-nnimmo-bassey-elected-chair-of-friends-of-the-earth-international-
^ http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1924149_1924153_1924211,00.html The Time - Heroes of the Environment 2009
^ "Right Livelihood Award: 2010 - Nnimmo Bassey". http://www.rightlivelihood.org/bassey.html. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
^ http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/17/a_naked_form_of_blackmail_naomi

External links