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In this sense, ocean resources and their with offshore renewable energy technologies de los actores no militares que hacen latitudes can be easily deduced, and it is also
Blue Economy gain even more prominence (YOUNG, 2015). Such challenges related to al potencial nacional. [Military naval ac- possible to infer the difficulties of monitoring
in the international scenario of population ocean governance, continues Young, hamper tivity must be carried out exclusively at and protecting against illegal or illicit exploita-
growth and consequent increase in demand industrial development and, in this sense, the the service of national policy, taking into tion, which, in my view, does not always trans-
for food and energy. In this aspect, Brozoski MSP emerges as a practical tool to promote account the particularities of the aquatic late in a trivial way for an ordinary citizen, even
(2019, p. 82) comments that the world is a sustainable and rational application of the environment: its vastness, the extreme if they have an academic background, but
undergoing transformations in the energy Blue Economy, playing a regulatory and fos- landscapes and climates that govern lacks meaning and sense of “maritimeness”.
matrix, in which tering role in its rapid implementation. its extension, the complex network of In this perspective, More (2012, p. 233)
In 2017, in an international context where interests of third States and the legal suggests that the formation of a Brazilian oce-
The recent intensification of the expan- 67 countries had already launched their MSP system that governs it. A strategy orient- anic-political thought must have two essential
sion of States over the seas is a phenom- initiatives, the Brazilian strategic vision has al- ed towards the protection of maritime elements, namely: the training of human re-
enon that gains an increasingly import- ways sought to make the population aware interests is not conceivable without the sources and investments in ST&I focused on
ant significance in the current transfor- of the importance of maritime activity for a effective participation of non-military maritime political-strategic sciences, covering
mations of the international system. nation of continental dimensions such as Bra- actors who compose national potential] the right of Brazilian oceanic space. Thus, living
[...] the dispute for access to sources of zil, about the potential of maritime wealth, its (STORNI, 2009, p. 11). in the era of the information and knowledge
energy and mineral resources and the resources, and technological, economic, and society, universities have a relevant strategic
competition for control of the main in- social development. And for that, defense In fact, the absence of a strong maritime role as an integrating engine in the articula-
ternational shipping routes continue to and security must be interrelated and linked mentality can result in an unsustainable ex- tion between different sectors of society, such
form the core of the global competition to the multidimensionality of the threats that ploitation of the resources of the EEZ, since as environmental, social, military, industrial
for power and, today, cover the mari- hover over blue latitudes and the interdepen- the population still sees the sea from a terres- movements, among others, where the Blue
time space in a more incisive way.
dence of their confrontation with multisec- trial perspective, having only the coastal zone Economy will demand adequate training of a
Currently, the offshore renewable energy toral public policies, mainly involving educa- as a constant reference (CASTRO, BRANDINI, properly trained workforce, as well as the pro-
industry is still in its early days, but with an tion and technological development towards DOTTORI, & FORTES, 2017). In this sense, motion of multidisciplinary ST&I and research
enormous potential to become a significant the necessary naval military direction. In this the Brazilian Navy (MB) noticed that it was (World Bank and United Nations Department
contributor to the global energy mix as the sense, it is interesting to bring the thought of necessary to change this reality, and the po- of Economic and Social Affairs, 2017). To this
oceans host latent energy offerings that can a more southern sister nation in the figure of litical-strategic concept of Amazônia Azul end, More (2012, pp. 247-248) argues that
be converted into heat, such as waves, cur- Admiral Storni and note how it is still current: (Blue Amazon), which was instituted, added the way to build a Brazilian oceanic
rents, and tides. Therefore, in the dynamics the Brazilian’s ability to perceive the sea and state, sovereign over its resources,
of the marine environment, human activities, La actividad naval militar se debe de- its resources, seeking to guide national devel- scientifically and technically prepared
the exploitation of its resources and the as- sarrollar exclusivamente al servicio de opment, placing the Brazil at the forefront of to research and explore them, passes
sociated pressures, opportunities and politi- la política nacional atendiendo a las preservation and sustainable use of oceans, through education and the dissemi-
cal priorities must be taken into account in particularidades que plantea el me- seas and rivers (Brazilian Navy, 2020a), con- nation of marine sciences, at all levels
the governance of the oceans, establishing dio acuático: su vastedad, los paisajes tributing to the consolidation of a new dimen- [...], in addition to of a more adequate
a necessary ecosystem-based Marine Spa- y climas extremos que gobiernan su sion for the survival and prosperity of Brazil, legal framework for the management
tial Planning (MSP ), (Pınarbaşı, Galparsoro, extensión, la compleja red de inter- determining the presence of the Brazilian of the ocean space in Brazil.
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Alloncle, Quemmerais, & Borja, 2020), thus eses de terceros estados y el sistema State in the ocean-political space of interest
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avoiding a series of interrelated barriers, such jurídico internacional que lo rige. No (BARBOSA JÚNIOR, 2012, p. 230). Proving the Therefore, the continuous dissemina-
as resource and user conflicts, reducing reg- es concebible una estrategia orienta- dimensions of Amazônia Azul (Blue Amazon), tion of the aspects that support the po-
ulatory complexity and limited understand- da hacia la protección de los intereses Issmael Junior (2016, p. 146) argues that the litical-strategic concept of Amazônia Azul
ing of the environmental impacts associated marítimos sin la participación efectiva immense amount of wealth available in blue (Blue Amazon) is decisive, giving special
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