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<p dir="ltr"><font face="Century Gothic" size="1"><strong>María del Rosario Sánchez Rodríguez</strong></font></p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>De:</b> Denise Johnson <siloffice1922@gmail.com><br>
<b>Enviado:</b> jueves, 01 de enero de 2015 08:31 a.m.<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Alan Covich; mtbrett@u.washington.edu<br>
<b>Asunto:</b> Limnologists warn of impacts of an interoceanic canal across Lake Nicaragua</font>
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<div>Dear Limnologists, </div>
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<div>You may have heard on the news that last week the government of Nicaragua has started constructing a new interoceanic canal that will connect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, to create an alternative to the Panama Canal. Our colleagues from Nicaragua
are greatly concerned about the ecological consequences of this canal, and in particular - the likely adverse impacts it will have on Lake Nicaragua - a large, shallow tropical lake that provides drinking water and subsistence to the population around it.
More than 100 km of the canal will go right through this lake, meaning that a deep channel will be dug through it and dense traffic of trans-atlantic ships will travel across it daily. </div>
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<div>The scientists of Nicaragua protest that ecological-impact studies must be conducted prior to the initiation of this huge project and have asked for support of the SIL community. Attached please find a document they drafted, to be signed by as many limnologists
as possible and then sent to the Nicaragua government as a letter from SIL. So far, 56 people have already signed, including several distinguished names from around the world. </div>
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<div>If you would like to add your signature to the document - please send your full name, affiliation, and country to Michael Brett and Alan Covich (cc’d).</div>
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<div>Sincerely,</div>
<div>Tamar</div>
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