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Threats of Brazil’s new oil drilling frontier

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  • Herbert O. B. Duarte

    (Universidade do Estado do Amapá (UEAP))

  • Karen Mustin

    (Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP)
    Complutense University of Madrid)

  • Carlos Eduardo Costa-Campos
  • Salustiano V. Costa-Neto

    (Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá (IEPA))

  • Isaí Jorge de Castro

    (Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá (IEPA))

  • Helenilza Ferreira Albuquerque Cunha

    (Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP))

  • Alan Cavalcanti Cunha

    (Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP)
    Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP))

  • Renato R. Hilário

    (Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP)
    Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP))

  • Fillipe Pedroso-Santos

    (Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP))

  • Jéssica C. E. Vilhena

    (Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP))

  • Philip M. Fearnside

    (National Institute for Research in Amazonia (INPA))

  • William D. Carvalho

    (Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP)
    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Abstract

Oil drilling has been proposed at the mouth of the Amazon River in one of the most protected states in the Brazilian Amazon, Amapá. If the pending project is approved, drilling is likely to go ahead in 19 other oil blocks in this region, where biodiversity and the socio-economic well-being of local populations could be at risk.

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  • Herbert O. B. Duarte & Karen Mustin & Carlos Eduardo Costa-Campos & Salustiano V. Costa-Neto & Isaí Jorge de Castro & Helenilza Ferreira Albuquerque Cunha & Alan Cavalcanti Cunha & Renato R. Hilário &, 2025. "Threats of Brazil’s new oil drilling frontier," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 8(10), pages 1105-1107, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:8:y:2025:i:10:d:10.1038_s41893-025-01648-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01648-z
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