A new canal through Central America could have devastating consequences on the environment, according to a reports in the Global Construction Review and Smithsonian.com.
Developed by Wang Jing, a Chinese industrialist with ties to China’s ruling party, the canal will be wider, deeper and three and a half times the length of the Panama Canal and cut through or alter nearly one million acres of rainforest and wetlands.
The canal will also fall into the path of beautiful Lake Nicaragua, a 3,191-square-mile inland reservoir that provides drinking water to most of the country.
Opponents of the canal say ship traffic through the lake will pollute the water with industrial chemicals and potentially introduce invasive plants and animals.
Furthermore, it has now emerged that a panel of independent scientists have criticised the environmental impact study for the canal, saying there is insufficient data collection on water quality, geology, sediments, species, erosion, and fisheries.
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