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There is no gain saying that our environment has been devastated due toman’s activities. To continue in this stead would be catastrophic hence thelaw as a means of social change and social engineering would be used tocheckmate the activities of man on the environment. Laws as a body of rulesto guide the activities of man cannot be effective unless prescribed by anauthority and sanctions for its breach stipulated. The Federal EnvironmentalProtection Agency (FEPA) Act enacted to protect the Nigerian environmentare general laws and no specific sanctions provided for the breach of eachprovision; furthermore the international laws and treaties adopted andratified by Nigeria have vague enforcement procedure. In this wise, thisarticle advocates that not only should laws be enacted to protect the three (3)environmental media but appropriate sanctions recommended for specificbreach and an effective implementation process/strategies established toensure the laws enacted are adhered to, if our environment will be optimallyutilized and same preserved for posterity.
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