Drilling for oil in the mouth of the Amazon

Battle over oil project that has raised hopes and concern looms large as COP30, the annual UN climate conference, begins in the Amazon this week Natalie Alcoba and Photography by Ronan Liétar Oiapoque, brazil The Globe and Mail Published 1 minute ago

Oiapoque, a small northern town in the Brazilian state of Amapá. Oiapoque, a small northern town in the Brazilian state of Amapá.

Oiapoque is still a small enough town that you can hear a rooster call out in the lavender dawn. Where men continue the trade they learned from their fathers. And a sacred tree looms large in a clearing in the forest.

A serpentine river, a great connector and giver of life in the Amazon, laps along a borderland rich in biodiversity, Indigenous cultures and f

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