The home of Papa Isamu lays sunken in sand since 2004, when the encroaching waters of the Niger Delta creeks eroded the unprotected shoreline. In this town of 20,000 located in the middle of the Delta, hundreds of homes have been lost to this same fate. The local residents are bitter about the lack of protection that the oil companies and government have provided for them, while the oil industry has been allowed to protect their facilities and been allowed to dredge the nearby waters, which has only exacerbated the problems of the local communities. Erosion is one of the main environmental impacts of the oil industry. Photograph © Ed Kashi