Macapá
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Sep 15, 2026
Jack LaurenceHOST
In the early 1980s, the Brazilian government had a plan, a massive plan, a road they called Perimetral Norte, BR-210.
Jack LaurenceHOST
It was meant to connect Macapá, the capital of Amapá State, to the Colombian border, making accessible the hidden roads of the region and facilitating commerce with Brazilian's northern neighbors, Venezuela, Suriname, and Guyana.
Jack LaurenceHOST
The road was part of Brazil's military government strategy.
Jack LaurenceHOST
Their motto was simple, "Integrar para não entregar", interrogate so as not to hand it over.
Nonato Mendes JrGUEST
I have a fascination, like obsession, by electric animals and electricity.
Caroline SteelHOST
This is Nonato Mendes Jr, an ecologist from Macapa in northern Brazil.
Nonato Mendes JrGUEST
We have a lake, and we have a lot of electric eels in that lake.
Nonato Mendes JrGUEST
So since my childhood, fishing with my friends, I see electric eels in the, his environment.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
But at this stage, the Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras... has said it could be a passport to Brazil's future, depending on how much oil is down there, and maybe also gas, because sometimes oil and gas go hand in hand.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
Conservationists have warned, well, the area they're looking at is 175 kilometers off the coast of Brazil, off the coast of Macapa on the Amazon River, so right at the mouth of the Amazon River.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
Although 175 Ks, I suppose that's still close enough for conservationists to be worried.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
And there is indeed a national park very close by.
Colin CarrollHOST
How epic is that?
Beto GomezSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I have said to him that if he breaks the woo record in Cabo de la Vela, 21.3, which is your record, Beto Gomez record, I said that woo will pay for him to go to the Macapa event to compete.
Beto GomezSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But he has no woo.
Beto GomezSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So I'm asking if he could borrow yours on a few nuking days to see if he can do this.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
They don't quite know how big yet, but certainly an oil field of some kind outside of the mouth of the Amazon River.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
So 175 kilometers, more or less, off the coast of Brazil, heading out from Macapa on the Amazon River.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
Conservationists are aghast, saying this is an area that is extremely sensitive, that the exploratory drilling that's taking place already is a threat to diversity, to biodiversity, to wildlife, to a national park that's not very far away.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
If they carry on drilling, what will that mean for the country? Imagine an oil spill in that area would be disastrous, they say.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
But Brazil's state-run oil company, Petrobras, has discovered an oil find, they don't quite know how big yet, but certainly an oil field of some kind, outside of the mouth of the Amazon River.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
So 175 kilometers more or less off the coast of Brazil, heading out from Macapa on the Amazon River.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
Conservationists are aghast, saying this is an area that is extremely sensitive, that the exploratory drilling that's taking place already is a threat to diversity, to biodiversity, to wildlife, to a national park that's not very far away.
Adam GilchristCORRESPONDENT
If they carry on drilling, what will that mean for the country? Imagine an oil spill in that area would be disastrous, they say.