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Marvin Barinemnwin Dekil | |
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| Born | Marvin Barinemnwin Dekil |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Education | University of Port Harcourt University of Oxford |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds (MSc) University of Bradford (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Environmental Science |
| Institutions | United Nations Environment Program |
Marvin Barinemnwin Dekil is a Nigerian Environmental scientist, academician, lawyer and politician. He is an oil remediation expert and has been consultant at the United Nations Environment Program – UNEP,[1] UK Environment Agency, Oil industry and Government in Nigeria. He is currently the coordinator of Nigeria's Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) for the Clean up of Ogoni land and the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.[2][3] He is an alumnus of University of Oxford Said Business School.
Background
Marvin Dekil is an environmentalist with expertise in impacted land remediation, assessment and restoration . He is from Ogoni, Rivers state, Nigeria. Dekil holds a Ph.D in Environmental science from the University of Bradford [4] UK and a masters in Environmental Pollution Control from University of Leeds. He is a graduate of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers state where he studied Microbiology. Dekil is also a Lawyer. He holds a BL from the Nigerian Law School and an LLM in Environmental Law from the University of London.
Career
Earlier in his career, Dekil worked as a Technical Assistant to Rivers State Commissioner for Environment where he was responsible for Development and Implementation of Rivers State Government (Ministry of Environment) joint projects with International Development Partners; United Nations Development Program (UNDP), World Bank, Ecological Fund and other Technical Consultants. In 2012, he was a member of the Nigeria Delegation to United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) Rio de Janeiro Brazil.[5]
In 2017, Dekil was appointed by the Nigeria's former Minister of Environment and current Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed as project coordinator for the hydrocarbon pollution remediation project HYPREP.[6]
Awards and Fellowships
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- World Wildlife Fund (International) Postgraduate Scholar (Prince Bernhard Scholarship for Nature Conservation), University of Leeds.
- UNEP Certificate in Environmental Assessment
- Member, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, UK
- Member, Nigeria Environmental Society
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "UNEP Report: FG targets 5,000 for medical outreach in Ogoniland". News Express Nigeria.
- ^ "WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE HYDROCARBON POLLUTION RESTORATION PROJECT (HYPREP)". July 7, 2017.
- ^ "[PDF] Executive MBA Profile Class of 2014/15 - Free Download PDF". slidex.tips.
- ^ "Project Coordinator".
- ^ "Minister Of Environment Appoints Marvin Dekil as project coordinator for Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project". aitonline.tv.
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