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Edervan Forte dos Santos, from the Galibi Kali'na community, steers his boat toward mangroves in the biodiversity conservation area of Cabo Orange, in Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Children watch from the balcony of their house in an area known as Nova Conquista or New Conquest where families are building houses near the center of Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)A fisherman's boat sails at the mouth of the Uaca River, in the Uaca Indigenous Territory region, near the mangrove and biodiversity conservation area of Cabo Orange, in Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Mangrove area in the biodiversity conservation area of Cabo Orange, in Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Renata Lod, Galibi representative on Oiapoque's Indigenous council, at her home on Galibi indigenous land, in Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Vehicles move on an unpaved part of the BR-156 highway that connects the state capital Macapa with the city of Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)View of the Franco-Brazilian Binational Bridge, over the Oiapoque River, connecting the city of Oiapoque, in the background, with French Guiana, during sunrise in the city of Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Reginaldo Nunes Fonseca sits on a balcony of the house he occupies in an area known as Nova Conquista or "new conquest" in Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Boatmen operating Catraia, a traditional boat used on the Oiapoque River, prepare for the crossing with a load of gasoline canisters filled at a Petrobras gas station in a port in the city of Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Workers load a vehicle with supplies in front of a wall with an image of the French and Brazilian flags, representing the commercial relationship established along the Oiapoque River between French Guiana and the city of Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Fishers unload their catch from a boat at a trading port on the banks of the Oiapoque River in the city of Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Trees line a cleared area known as Nova Conquista or New Conquest where families are building houses near the center of Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)A family walks carrying tools toward an area known as Nova Conquista or New Conquest where families are building houses near the center of Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Construction is visible in an area known as Nova Conquista or New Conquest where families are building houses near the center of Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Edervan Forte dos Santos, from the Galibi Kali'na community, steers his boat toward mangroves in the biodiversity conservation area of Cabo Orange, in Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)