Communities of the Riverine Oipaoque River in the Amazon

Communities of the riverine Oipaoque River banks on the border with French Guyana. Amapá is the focus of the oil industry, which has plans to exploit fossil fuel in its coast, endangering the livelihoods of traditional populations and the ecosystem.

In original language:

Expedição Corais da Foz do Amazonas

OIAPOQUE, AMAPA, BRASIL, 2016: Comunidades ribeirinhas as margens do Rio Oipaoque na divisa com a Guiana Francesa. O Amapá está no foco da indústria petrolífera, que tem planos de explorar o combustível fóssil em sua costa, colocando em risco o modo de vida de populações tradicionais e o ecossistema.

Unique identifier: GP0STQC1F

Type: Image

Shoot date: 30/10/2016

Locations: Amapá, Amazon, Brazil, Macapá, South America

Credit line: © Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Amazon Reef Expedition

The coast of Amapá state, in the extreme north of Brazil, is in the crosshairs of the international oil industry. The site brings together various biomes such as tropical forests and mangroves, and an important biome still little known to science, the Barrier Reef of Foz do Amazonas, newly discovered and already threatened by oil exploration.

A costa do Amapá, no extremo norte do Brasil, está na mira da indústria internacional de petróleo. O local abriga vários biomas, como florestas tropicais e mangues, além de um importante ainda pouco conhecido pela ciência, a Barreira de Corais da Foz do Amazonas, recém-descoberta e já ameaçada pela exploração de petróleo.

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