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THE INNOVATIVE ARRANGEMENTS

OF THE SEA ECONOMY IN BRAZIL AND
IN THE WORLD

Miguel Marques

Taíssi Pepe de Medeiros Farias

1. Introduction

The sea can integrate people, cultures, According to the report by STUCHTEY
markets, and stories. When looking at the et al. (2020, p. 77), commissioned by the
vast Amazônia Azul (Blue Amazon) , the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean
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countless opportunities related to Brazilian Economy, a group of sixteen world leaders
maritime borders are perceptible. It is nec- working towards sustainable and ocean pro-
essary to understand that the Blue Econ- tection policies linked to economic benefits,
omy, or the economy of the sea, a more identified six main barriers that explain why
specific concept regarding sectors and eco- the Sustainable Ocean Economy is not at the
nomic activities related to the sea, is mul- center of government packages for post-
tisectoral and involves multiple actors with covid economic recovery, among them, the
different interests, which will need to orga- lack of planning and integration between
nize themselves, in some measure, around actors and institutional inefficiencies.
opportunities and to relate to each other to The barrier pointed out by the report,
achieve their goals. which calls our attention to the analysis
At the same time, the huge pressures on of this chapter, is the lack of planning and
the ocean and the challenges imposed on integration between sectors (p. 78). The
its health are numerous: climate change, study argues that communication between
overfishing, pollution and the loss of biodi- the food, energy, and shipping sectors, for
versity and coastal ecosystems are eroding example, is more often about conflict res-
the ocean’s ability to sustain livelihoods and olution than motivated by symbiosis and
prosperity (KONAR; DING, p. 3). collaboration. Formal coordination remains

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