Socioenvironmental impacts of Panama's trans-isthmian oil pipeline |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Basic Medical Sciences – Physiology Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium;2. Radiobiology Unit, Institute for Environment, Health and Safety, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN), B-2400 Mol, Belgium;3. Molecular Signalling and Cell Death Unit, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, VIB, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium;4. Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium;5. Department of Basic Medical Sciences – Anatomy and Embryology group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium;6. Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signalling, KU Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium;7. Department of In Vitro Toxicology and Dermato-Cosmetology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | The Trans-Panama Oil Pipeline is an illustrative case study of environmental mismanagement. The project was approved and completed in 1981–1982 before submission of an environmental impact assessment. The environmental studies are seriously flawed by a number of omissions. Baseline studies of petroleum hydrocarbons in the marine ecosystems were not performed. Serious attention was not given to the possibility of a land spill or degradation of terrestrial ecosystems. The socioeconomic considerations of locating the pipeline and adjacent road through the watershed of a major hydroelectric project, as well as through the homelands of the Guaymí Indians, were ignored. As national planners guide the development of Panama's infrastructure, they can ill-afford to continue to ignore social, economic, and environmental considerations. |
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