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Interrogating the Trilemma: Environmental Sustainability, Petroleum Extraction and Multidimensional Economics in the Nigerian Niger Delta

Nigeria’s petroleum sector, vital to its economy, exists in a state of perpetual tension with environmental sustainability, particularly within its fragile Niger Delta ecosystem. This paper employs an interdisciplinary economic lens – synthesizing petroleum economics, maritime economics, conflict economics, health economics, and energy security – to dissect this complex trilemma. We argue that the environmental degradation endemic to oil production is not merely an ecological issue but the root node of interconnected economic crises: diminished maritime resource productivity, persistent commun…