@phdthesis{NzambaDibaPombo2013,
  author    = {Nzamba Diba Pombo, Th{\´e}odore},
  title     = {Enjeux de la d{\´e}gradation de l'environnement en Afrique Crise {\´e}cologique et conception n{\´e}gro-africaine de la vie. Approches {\´e}thique et th{\´e}ologique},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-118482},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {A l'heure o{\`u} le monde moderne est secou{\´e} par la crise environnementale, il se pose la question de son impact sur les populations d'Afrique noire qui conjuguent dans un m{\^e}me {\´e}lan la relation {\`a} la nature et la loi de la soci{\´e}t{\´e} dans sa dimension int{\´e}rieure et ext{\´e}rieure et dont les croyances tournent autour de l'environnement, qui {\´e}dicte des normes de compr{\´e}hension des valeurs et de la signification de l'existence humaine. Par ailleurs, le N{\´e}gro-africain appr{\´e}hende les choses dans leur globalit{\´e} interactive sur tous les registres: environnement et soci{\´e}t{\´e}, monde visible et invisible, naturel et surnaturel, etc. L'homme est int{\´e}gr{\´e} {\`a} l'univers par la m{\´e}diation du milieu naturel qui le porte, le nourrit, le soigne, l'habille et l'oriente. En effet, il existe dans la cosmovision n{\´e}gro-africaine, des profondeurs fondamentales qui rendent compte {\`a} l'Absolu des attitudes face {\`a} la vie, {\`a} la terre, {\`a} la nature, aux v{\´e}g{\´e}taux, aux min{\´e}raux, aux animaux et aux humains. L'environnement oriente toute sa vie. Le milieu naturel d{\´e}termine les attitudes profondes, les croyances, les comportements et les pratiques sociales ; le mode vie et les syst{\`e}mes de penser ainsi que les repr{\´e}sentations mentales des individus et des groupes sociaux, qui fournissent, {\`a} leur tour, un th{\´e}{\^a}tre {\`a} l'action, un id{\´e}al ou un arch{\´e}type de ce que signifie la vie, laquelle s'articule autour de la nature et la soci{\´e}t{\´e}. Dans ce sens, la crise environnementale interpelle devait devenir partie de l'annonce voire de l'inculturation de la de la Bonne Nouvelle sur ce continent.},
  subject      = {Umweltzerst{\"o}rung},
  language  = {fr}
}
@phdthesis{Nwadinobi2013,
  author    = {Nwadinobi, Chinedum Bede},
  title     = {Environmental problems and sustainable development (a study of the Niger-Delta Region of Nigeria) : a terra incognita},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-117624},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {The tendency towards the exploitation of the resources of creation is the result of a long historical and cultural process. The modern African Communities have witnessed man's growing capacity for environmental transformative intervention. The aspect of the conquest and exploitation of resources in rural communities such as in the Niger Delta of Nigeria has become predominant and invasive, and has even reached the point of threatening the environment's hospitable function: the environment only as resource risks threatening the environment as home. In this respect, the ethical judgement of the social realities on ground is very decisive. And this is the very important aspect where the Catholic Social Ethics has a role to play. Because of the environmental crisis in this region through technological advancement, there is urgent need for a balance through the introduction of the model of a sustainable development. The socio-ethical model of sustainability in this work is a framework so constructed that women, men, families and communities in the Niger Delta are to be the agents which determine what their developmental strategies are. Although their developmental opportunities and decisions are sometimes constrained by various factors, it remains the fact that they alone bear responsibility for their environment and must live with the consequences. So if sustainable development in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria is to extend beyond narrow technical understanding, it must one that generally seek to embrace the cultural and social systems of the people. This will go a long way in reducing dependency and increase self-empowerment and will place more value on what the people understand and practice. Bede Chinedum Nwadinobi, a native of Alike Obowo in Imo State (Nigeria), is a Catholic Priest of Okigwe Diocese (Nigeria). He studied Philosophy and Theology at St. Joseph Major Seminary Ikot-Ekpene. He also worked as a Vice-Principal of Queen of Apostles College Okigwe (Nigeria). At the University of W{\"u}rzburg (Germany), he earned his doctorate in Catholic Theology specializing in Catholic Social Science.},
  subject      = {Nigeria},
  language  = {en}
}