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Anticipatory governance is directly pare for future scenarios in various sectors, 5. Conclusion
linked to the state’s capacity for manage- notably for coastal zones and the ocean.
ment and governance of public policies. Complex issues require governance that Effective governance of the sea needs Considering the opportunity of the De-
On the topic of the sea, some level of applies horizontal (intersectoral), vertical to guide public and private actors to analy- cade of Ocean Science, it is essential that
action and reaction to future scenarios is (multilevel) and intertemporal (past records ze the trade-offs between alternatives for an analysis on gaps and needs guide new
essential, considering the nexus between and future projections) coordination. In the exploiting natural capital to generate in- measures for greater integration with the
biodiversity-forest-water resources-ocean- current institutional framework of gover- come with non-declining well-being in the productive sector, changing business as
-climate and its more complex ecosystem nance of the sea, there are no instruments future. It also needs to instruct public and usual production and consumption to sus-
relations with society. In this sense, the use or guidelines that guide the need for an- private decision-making processes with an- tainable practices. A flexible conception of
of scientific evidence and the projection of ticipatory governance in the management ticipatory capacity for future scenarios and command and control instruments integra-
the availability of natural resources is a ne- and governance of the sea. immediate resolution of pressing problems. ted with market instruments, based on the
cessary condition for the effectiveness and In the context of the Decade of Ocean Considering the objective of achieving a co-design principle proposed by the Deca-
efficiency of public policy in any trajectory Science, it is necessary to encourage produc- productive and sustainable ocean, we con- de, can increase the effectiveness and effi-
of socioeconomic development. tion and dissemination of knowledge about clude that the governance of the Decade ciency of the sea governance.
Currently, an incipient research agenda the natural and social processes associated of Ocean Science meets the principles of It still remains a challenge to enable an
looks at the use of climate change projec- with the ocean so that multiple users can horizontal intersectorality between sectors, anticipatory governance. There is a lack of
tions for agriculture sector or energy sec- establish adaptive governance in response. state related or not, of multilevel, allowing examples and knowledge about governan-
tor policies, for example. However, there This is still a global challenge that must be interaction between the local, national, and ce systems that have responded to the pro-
is a need to deepen the dialogue between prioritized and co-produced in local, natio- international, fostering governance in ne- jections of environmental degradation and
present governance and the ability to pre- nal, and international cooperation.
tworks to solve complex problems. Howe- potential scarcity of natural resources in an
ver, the current institutional framework is effective and scientifically based way. In this
limited to command and control instru- sense, it is necessary to expand assessments
ments, requiring an expansion of economic of measures implemented and their macro-
instruments that have effective interven- economic impact in order to produce con-
tion in the transformation of sustainable sistent and continuous data and indicators.
economic activity. It is also necessary to ex- Considering the analysis of the imple-
pand studies on government failures that mentation of the Decade of Ocean Scien-
are associated with sea management and ce in Brazil from the perspective of gover-
that have a limiting structural impact on nance, it was possible to discuss a broader
the economy. An alternative, considering framework of governance of the sea and
the neo-institutional approach to the go- to suggest a research agenda for the field
vernance of common goods, would be the of social sciences. It is a great opportuni-
formulation of more local and specific re- ty to take advantage of the movement of
gulatory instruments (command and con- the Ocean Decade to investigate and re-
trol) of autonomous management of tradi- model the governance of the sea with the
tional communities, as they may represent involvement of actors horizontally and
an alternative that implement the manage- vertically, of state and non-state origin.
ment of the sea with greater efficiency. This The importance of citizen participation is
is a path that can be better investigated by highlighted, in bottom-up and top-down
the social sciences. consultation processes, considering the

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