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The Impact of the New Panama Canal on Cost-savings in the Shipping Industry [PDF]

TransNav, 2019
The passage through the Panama Canal has become the usual waterway for all the ships that can navigate through the Canal. The traffic through the canal is limited by the size of a ship.
Dino Županovic, Luka Grbic, Mate Baric
doaj   +1 more source

Introduction: Emerging International Environmental Law [PDF]

, 1981
This Introduction notes the emerging mandate for international environmental law and the concurrent problems of implementation. It focuses on two particular applications of this new mandate: the United States-Panama Joint Environment Commission for the ...
Robinson, Nicholas A.
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Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
wiley   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal distribution of salinity in Gatun Lake and the Panama Canal pre- and post-expansion

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
Study region: Gatun Lake, Panama Canal, Republic of Panama. Study focus: The Panama Canal expansion, which was completed in June 2016, included the construction of new locks, known as Neo-Panamax, which are 3.3 times larger in volume than the old locks ...
María G. Castrellón, Carlos Lu, Iván Domínguez, Raúl Matos, Karen Anguizola, Ioana Popescu   +5 more
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Civil-Military Relations in a Civilized State: Panama [PDF]

, 2005
This article traces and analyzes civil-military relations in Panama. After a brief overview of the role of the National Guard in the country politics, the article concentrates on political developments since the 1989 U.S.
Danopoulos, Constantine P., Sylvia, Ronald D.   +1 more
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Exploring the exploration: implications of leaving or remaining at the natal site during the early stages of independence in a partially migratory bird

Ibis, EarlyView.
Despite being an important fraction of any animal population, juveniles are a severely understudied group. Juveniles often need to learn an array of skills that allow them to survive independently and do so while undertaking decisions that may impact their fitness, recruitment and survival, having therefore relevant demographic implications.
Manuela S. Rodrigues, Afonso D. Rocha, João P. Silva, Carlos Carrapato, Jaime A. Ramos, Pedro M. Araújo, José A. Alves   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A DNA Barcode Dataset for the Aquatic Fauna of the Panama Canal: Novel Resources for Detecting Faunal Change in the Neotropics

Data
DNA metabarcoding is a powerful biodiversity monitoring tool, enabling simultaneous assessments of diverse biological communities. However, its accuracy depends on the reliability of reference databases that assign taxonomic identities to obtained ...
Kristin Saltonstall, Rachel Collin, Celestino Aguilar, Fernando Alda, Laura M. Baldrich-Mora, Victor Bravo, María Fernanda Castillo, Sheril Castro, Luis F. De León, Edgardo Díaz-Ferguson, Humberto A. Garcés, Eyda Gómez, Rigoberto G. González, Maribel A. González-Torres, Hector M. Guzman, Alexandra Hiller, Roberto Ibáñez, César Jaramillo, Klara L. Kaiser, Yulang Kam, Mayra Lemus Peralta, Oscar G. Lopez, Maycol E. Madrid C., Matthew J. Miller, Natalia Ossa-Hernandez, Ruth G. Reina, D. Ross Robertson, Tania E. Romero-Gonzalez, Milton Sandoval, Oris Sanjur, Carmen Schlöder, Ashley E. Sharpe, Diana Sharpe, Jakob Siepmann, David Strasiewsky, Mark E. Torchin, Melany Tumbaco, Marta Vargas, Miryam Venegas-Anaya, Benjamin C. Victor, Gustavo Castellanos-Galindo   +40 more
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The Proposed U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement [PDF]

, 2004
On April 26, 2004, the United States began negotiating a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with Panama. By building on the U.S.-Dominican RepublicCentral America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) text, the negotiations have moved quickly and many ...
Hornbeck, J. F.
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MAJOR PROJECTS THAT INFLUENCE WORLD TRADE [PDF]

Global Economic Observer, 2014
In 1869, with the opening of the Suez Canal, world trade entered a new era of development. The commercial routes linking the Far East to the western countries were shortened considerably as compared to the maritime corridor around the Cape of Good Hope.
GEORGE CORNEL DUMITRESCU
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Weak Presidents, Treaty Ratification, and Presidential Leadership Style [PDF]

, 2017
Traditionally, the president is seen as getting his way when it comes to foreign-policy issues; however, with treaty making, an aspect very much related to foreign policy, things are different.
Staten, Cliff, Wert, Joe
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