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SEA GOVERNANCE IN THE DECADE OF OCEAN

SCIENCE

Karen de Oliveira Silverwood-Cope
Thauan Santos

1. Introduction

Considering the global movement to- be identified as “ideal types” of governance
wards the expansion of the exploitation of from the perspective of actors and processes
living and non-living resources present in for managing the blue economy: horizontal
the seas and ocean, there is an increasing intersectoral governance; multilevel gover-
movement, also on a global scale, towards nance; and anticipatory governance.
greater knowledge, cooperation and use It is important to understand governance,
of the potentials and opportunities relat- as it corresponds to the decision-making
ed to this environment. In this context, processes and the role that different actors
the United Nations Decade of Ocean Sci- play in this interactive and iterative process.
ence for Sustainable Development (2021- Governance express a way of governing,
2030), also known as the Ocean Decade, representing the interdependence between
emerges. With the slogan “The science a multiplicity of heterogeneous actors, in fa-
we need for the ocean we want”, this vor of common objectives, limited by rules
global collective initiative aims to revo- and institutions (PETERS et al., 2016).
lutionize the relationship between hu- Thus we seek to highlight the intersectoral,
man beings and the ocean, giving voice transdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder nature
to different actors, at different levels and of this initiative, whose breadth of objectives
regions, to deal with the global challenges places the ocean in a central place on the in-
of the ocean, in the 21th century. ternational agenda. Understanding the role of
The objective of this chapter is to analyze governance in the broader context of the Blue
the Governance of the Sea in Brazil consid- Economy allows professionals from academia,
ering the context and opportunities of the the private sector, non-governmental organi-
Ocean Decade and to reflect on the opportu- zations (NGOs), including youth, women and
nities for building new paths for continuous other segments represented in decision-mak-
improvement of governance. Thus, we initial- ing, to have voices in the debate. Further, it
ly present the decade, with particular empha- allows those voices to be effectively heard
sis on its objectives and its relationship with and taken into account in the ongoing plan
the blue economy. Next, we list questions to for ocean sustainability.

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