It also formulates policies and supervises activities for curbing desertification and deforestation; the management of flood, erosion and pollution; as well as climate change and clean energy.
The ministry plays various roles involving the national goals on desertification, deforestation, pollution, and waste management.
It also superintends over climate change and clean energy issues and enforces environmental standards and regulations in different parts of the country.
[5][6][7] One of the major achievements of the Federal Ministry of Environment is the initiation of the Ogoniland clean-up programme of the Nigerian government.
[9][10] Ogoniland is one of the communities in the oil-rich Niger Delta region that has been devastated by the exploration activities of oil-producing companies.