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    ANALISIS DE LAS AFECTACIONES PRODUCIDAS AL MEDIO AMBIENTE Y A LOS ECOSISTEMAS MARÍTIMOS A CAUSA DE LA AMPLIACIÓN DE LAS ESCLUSAS DEL CANAL DE PANAMÁ
    (Institucion Universitaria Esumer, 2019-12-09) Aguirre Castro, Tania Katerine; Acevedo Tabares, Alejandro
    Since the inauguration of the new locks of the Panama Canal have transited millions of ships loaded with goods and these locks are the connection between the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific, due to the demand that this has had and its influence on economic growth in Panama it is decided through a referendum the construction of new locks of clear water in Panama, with the intention that they can transit other vessels that have greater capacity such as the Neopanamax, in the year 2007 they begin the expansion to execute this construction, in which they were committed more than 490 hectares of vegetation which leaves an affectation to the flora and fauna, since in this inhabited plants and animals like the snake eye of cat, green iguana, sloth of two and three fingers, howler monkey, titi monkey, among others; the affectations do not finish because the operation of the canal of Panama is executed with fresh water and this has affected the water supply for the citizens.