Following extensive consultations with its Members and other stakeholders in Nigeria, IUCN has agreed in principle with Shell...to establish an Independent Advisory Panel to advise on improved rehabilitation and remediation of oil spill sites in the Niger Delta...[IUCN Director General] Julia Marton-Lefèvre, said: “...Oil spills in the Niger Delta are having serious impacts on both nature and people. We need the best possible independent scientific and technical advice to change the situation for the better – something that we hope to achieve through the new panel. However, the panel can only give advice. Improved implementation depends on SPDC, Nigerian authorities and the affected communities and their organizations.”