Panama Canal has big plans to combat drought

Threatened by climate change, Panama Canal has big plans to combat drought
TRES HERMANAS, Panama, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The lush river valleys of El Zaino y La Arenosa in western Panama, home to hundreds of families that eke out a living farming, fishing and raising cattle, could soon be submerged by a massive man-made reservoir designed to ensure the viability of the Panama Canal in the face of a changing climate.
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The Panama Canal is faced with longer dry spells that make it harder to operate. But the plan to address this issue with a massive dam and reservoir comes with cons and well as pros.
Panama Canal's Big Plans to Address Drought
The lush river valleys of El Zaino y La Arenosa in western Panama, home to hundreds of families that eke out a living farming, fishing and raising
Threatened by Climate Change, Panama Canal Has Big Plans to Deal With Drought
Rodolfo Hernandez, a 69-year-old farmer, crosses the Rio Indio on his horse at Tres Hermanas community, one of the towns that will be drowned if a project led by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to build a new water reservoir moves forward,
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Tres Hermanas, Panama This unpaved road crosses the rural and self-sustaining Tres Hermanas community in Panama. But these lush valleys, home to dozens of towns, will be submerged if the Panama Canal Authority moves ahead with a plan to build a massive reservoir on the Indio River.
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