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Caption: Nicaragua’s national assembly said it could not consider a citizen-led legal initiative aiming to repeal the canal law (image: Arammart)

Canal law trumps all others in Nicaragua

14 Apr - by Robert Soutar 0 Comments

Nicaraguan assembly rejects citizen-led proposal to repeal canal law as opponents question process

Caption: Wang Jing, head of HKND and Xinwei Telecoms sits in front of a painting featuring Red Army commanders in his offices. Xinwei provides satellite technology to China’s military (image: PA Images)

Wang Jing’s canal dream and the people behind it

25 Nov - by Diálogo Chino 0 Comments

What do Wang Jing's fluctuating fortunes tell us about who might be backing the Nicaragua Canal?

Caption: Evidence of deforestation in Nicaragua’s Bosawas reserve. Many of the environmental impacts of the canal, however, are still unknown (image: Alam Ramírez Zelaya/ Flickr).

Deforestation not Grand Canal “Nicaragua’s biggest environmental problem”, claims government

26 Jun - by Robert Soutar 0 Comments

Top official responds to criticism of EIA arguing reforestation will counteract canal damage

Caption: One flaw in the Nicaragua Canal environmental impact assessment is that it gives insufficient consideration to marine life on Nicaragua’s Pacific coast, according to experts (image: SeraShutterbug/ Flickr).

Nicaragua Canal Environmental Impact Assessment Criticised As Scientifically Weak

15 Jun - by Keith Schneider 0 Comments

Expert panel finds “scientifically indefensible” conclusions in 14-volume study

Caption: Lake Nicaragua, looking toward the Concepción volcano on Ometepe Island. The proposed canal would traverse the lake and require massive dredging, with potentially severe environmental consequences (photo credit: canterbury/Flickr).

Nicaragua Canal: A Giant Project With Huge Environmental Costs

06 May - by Chris Kraul 0 Comments

$50bn inter-oceanic canal is an environmental disaster in the making, conservationists warn

Wang Jing Tag

Canal law trumps all others in Nicaragua

Wang Jing’s canal dream and the people behind it

Deforestation not Grand Canal “Nicaragua’s biggest environmental problem”, claims government

Nicaragua Canal Environmental Impact Assessment Criticised As Scientifically Weak

Nicaragua Canal: A Giant Project With Huge Environmental Costs