The Nicaraguan Gran Canal will link the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, it has been said to be one of the biggest infrastructure project in the world. The massive project is already in motion and is set to finish by the year 2020. This project is being built by a Chinese company, the Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co. or HKND for short. This project has an estimate cost of $50 billion, the canal will extend 278 km. Although the Nicaraguan Grand Canal may bring economic growth to the country, there are still more negative than positives outcomes. The negative outcomes are as followed; Deforestation, destruction of the largest fresh water lake in the world and the relocation of the nation people. Human trafficking is not a major problem in the country of Nicaragua but, the canal might even enable the business of human traffic to flow a lot smother in the country. Due to the massive size of the canal it will be harder to keep the crime rate to a minimum. Have you heard of the modern day plague? No surprise most people haven’t, deforestation. Nicaraguan is a developing country and a major part of the land is cover by thick lavishing forest. The canal and its infrastructure will harm nearly one million acres of rainforest and wetlands. The Grand Canal will create a 395 square kilometer artificial lake according to HKND. This artificial lake will connect the canal from Lake Nicaragua to Punta Gorda. The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) argues that the canal will affect “some 4,000 square kilometers of forest, coast and wetland,” this is still not including the 71 kilometers Lake Nicaragua. This will create a shorter route for the canal. The route the canal is set to follow is the home of at least 22 species that are vulnerable of extinction, according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) including tapirs, jaguars, turtles and other species in this area. When forests are cleared, what’s left is the soil. This exposes the soil to extreme conditions producing it to compact quickly and the loss of nutrients and other organic materials that make the soil rich and fertile. When the soil undergoes this process the agricultural is impacted tremendously. A major concern with