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formal national option of internalizing a Intellectual Property; Fisheries and Aqua- The NPMR is intended to guide the sus- environmental appeal (so much so that it
certain international order. In the maritime culture; Oil, gas and renewable energies; tainable use of sea resources, defining them highlights aspects such as environmental,
theme, there were several manifestations coastal mineral exploration and exploration as all living and non-living resources existing sedimentological, meteoceanographic, fish-
that fully adhere to the Brazilian will. Since and marine. As an example, just for the ex- in the waters overlying the seabed, in the eries and associated biodiversity monitoring)
the United Nations Convention on the ploratory and prospective theme, there are bed itself, in the marine subsoil, in adjacent and effective monitoring of the Amazônia
Law of the Sea - internalized by Decree 3 international treaties and acts, 9 Ordi- coastal areas, aiming at a sustainable use Azul (Blue Amazon). However, it goes fur-
Number 15.30, of June 22, 1995 (BRASIL, nary Laws, 3 Decrees-Laws and 10 Decrees. and observing the three mentioned biases ther by establishing a strong commitment
1995),there have been the Antarctic Treaty That is, even without going down to the (economic, social, and ecological). Its ob- to fostering capacity building and means for
- internalized by Decree Number 75.963, of aforementioned and other fundamental jectives are to promote the training of hu- primary and secondary education profes-
July 11, 1975, or even the United Nations instruments (plans, guidelines, normative man resources capable of stimulating the sionals, community leaders and other opin-
Convention on Biological Diversity (which acts, etc.) one can contact the existence of development of marine research, science, ion leaders to develop education programs
also includes the marine environment), re- more than a hundred federal acts. and technology, as well as encouraging the on the role of the oceans for the economy,
sulting from ECO-92, internalized through That said, we opted for a brief analysis in explotation and sustainable use of marine quality of life and health of all, in order to
Decree Number 2,519, of March 16, 1998. one of the two highest-level documents in resources in all the aforementioned environ- improve the maritime mindset of future
This consultation is extensive and deserves Brazil – as cited in the aforementioned 2010 ments, including adjacent coastal areas. generations and expand their ability to
a comparison based on the intended topic UNESCO publication – the National Policy This inter-ministerial articulation, carried contribute to the development of the Blue
to be addressed. For example, in 2015, in- on Marine Resources, since it is a specific out by the CIRM, provided several concrete Economy (CIRM, 2021).
tensive research was carried out comparing subject treated from a more environmental results throughout its term. These results in- In other words, it is a management mod-
provisions, only at the federal level, of legis- and scientific perspective. Subsequently, clude all the data collection that supported el based on cooperation and interaction be-
lation (therefore, associated with laws and it is intended to report in more detail the the Brazilian proposals for the extension of tween different segments of society linked
decrees, without going down to more in- macro-policy from which all the others its Continental Shelf, through the LEPLAC to the sea. The Commission consolidated
termediate levels such as plans, guidelines, should come: the National Maritime Policy. Program, the construction, continuous sup- a harmonious environment of Direct Pub-
normative acts, ordinances), by a working 3.1 The National Policy on Marine port, and consolidation of research in the lic Administration institutions (the effective
group centered around the Interministerial Antarctic Continent through the PROANTAR members of the CIRM), in partnership with
Commission for Marine Resources, which, Resources and its consequences Program, and, another one, for the Brazil- several official funding agencies, especially
at the time (and thereforeneed updating), The National Policy on Marine Resources ian Oceanic Islands. In other words, it put the National Research Council (CNPq) and
consolidated such instruments (SOUZA, (NPMR), formally established by Decree into effect what was previously presented, the Coordination for the Improvement of
2015). Already focused on the marine en- Number 5,377, of February 23, 2005 (BRA- combining several instruments, aligned in a Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), but
vironment (therefore, not including other SIL, 2005), in fact, was not the document macro founding document. And its effec- also from several academic and research in-
themes that are also related to the econo- that gave birth to this vocation. It came tiveness has not become static over time. As stitutions. Naturally, given its more state-pro-
my of the sea), only in numerical terms and to consolidate an entire arrangement and a result of the PNRM, “Sectoral Plans for Sea moting character, it does not have a strong
in general legislation, there are 37 inter- work that has lasted since the 1970s, led by Resources (PSRM)” was instituted. marketing appeal and a closer approach to
national treaties and acts already formally the Interministerial Commission for Marine In 2021, the X SPMR was officialized. It the productive sector, but as a regulator and
internalized, 2 complementary laws, 57 Resources (Comissão Inteministerial para os shows relative longevity in themes that, as promoter, it fulfills its role well.
ordinary laws and a Provisional Measure, Recursos do Mar – CIRM, in original) - which shown, some States have been approach- However, it is worth mentioning that
65 Decrees (and Decrees-Law). However, would deserve special spotlight due to the ing more recently, at the end of the 2010- it has only the bias of sea resources (liv-
the aforementioned publication focuses aggregating role of national strategic think- 2020 decade. This tenth edition of the Plan ing and non-living) as its object of work,
on seven sectors: Defense, Emergency Re- ing / scientific bias / inducing socio-econom- is committed to the development of science, which, per se, ends up not interfering with
sponse and Shipping Safety; Coastal and ic-environmental development – but that is technology, and innovation; rather than an a series of other issues related to the sea
Marine Biodiversity; Marine Biotechnology; beyond the scope of the present work. economic bias, it has a strong scientific and that are fundamental from a higher-level

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