title: Will the Nicaragua Canal connect or divide?
abstract: A century after the opening of the Panama Canal, a second inter-oceanic passage is set to be built in Central America, this time in Nicaragua. The ambitious and astronomically expensive project promises to bring economic opportunity to a poor country but it also carries risks to its tropical ecosystems. Will the new waterway ultimately link two oceans or divide a continent? Michael Gross investigates.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D003132:Commerce; D003906:Developing Countries; D057217:Economic Development; D004777:Environment; D009527:Nicaragua; D011057:Politics; D012767:Ships