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Conservation: Nicaragua Canal could wreak environmental ruin

Plans for a 300-kilometre waterway joining the Pacific and Atlantic oceans need independent environmental assessment, urge Axel Meyer and Jorge A. Huete-Pérez.

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Meyer, A., Huete-Pérez, J. Conservation: Nicaragua Canal could wreak environmental ruin. Nature 506, 287–289 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/506287a

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