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biotechnological resources, coastal and long- today, the bureaucracy, the insane number of of the BCS, so there is enormous potential opportunity for exploration, both mineral
distance navigation, logistics, coastal (eco) rules, legal obstacles to investment in Brazil for growth in offshore mining and opportu- and biotechnological, both with significant
tourism, fishing and mineral exploration. The and to research and technological develop- nities for sustainable development with the added value and of great economic interest.
sea is the new frontier in the process of sus- ment are more prominent than the richness generation of jobs and wealth, estimates RGR is attractive as a focus of study
tainable economic development of nations. of the natural work of the Blue Amazon. that it has only mapped approximately 8% because of its immense and incalculable
The environmental dimension connects There is only one reason for these key di- of the PCJB, so there is enormous potential mining potential. This potential can, or
the economy to sustainability. Coastal occu- mensions to exist: the Brazilian people. The for growth in offshore mining and, with it, should, encourage legislators to begin to
pation, pollution from coastal and shipping idea of sustainability translates this centrali- opportunities for sustainable development order offshore mining legislation in Brazil
sources, climate change, rising sea levels, ty very well: people have to prosper and live with the generation of jobs and wealth. to make it more attractive to investment
predatory, illegal, unreported or unregulat- in future generations. The degradation of In addition, the mapped cobalt-rich and research, not only to promote the
ed fishing, are elements of a new environ- any key dimension is not compensated for crusts were located in the submarine ele- five critical dimensions of the Amazônia
mental awareness disseminated in recent in the other; it makes the others impossible. vations of the Fernando de Noronha Ridge, Azul (Blue Amazon) but also to new per-
years, which has contributed for the endog- Among the various economic activities the Vitória-Trindade Ridge, on the continen- spectives that the RGR opportunity should
enization of sustainability in ocean-based at sea, this study chose offshore mining to tal shelf of the state of Bahia and in the Rio unlock from the state of the art of deep-
business strategies and development plans. highlight the five key dimensions of the Blue Grande Rise (RGR), with around 36,000 km 2 sea mining in Brazil.
The scientific and technological dimen- Amazon; it is perhaps the least known, the mapped. Even more punctually, in an even Thus, from a multidimensional perspec-
sion responds to the great challenge of dis- most expensive, the one with the greatest higher exponential degree of difficulties and tive of the Blue Amazon, this study aims to
covering the oceans. To dominate the Blue scientific and technological challenge, the particularities for offshore mining of co- present the main particularities of the RGR
Amazon, Brazil will have to invest heavily and most environmentally uncertain, the least balt-rich crusts, is the Rio Grande Rise (RGR): ‘s territorial space, its mining potential, and
for years in human resource training, in the attractive legal framework, although in the a submarine elevation with an area equal to the challenges imposed immediately in the
amalgamation of pure academic science with face of all these comparative disadvantages that of Venezuela or Egypt (1 million km ), short, medium, and long terms resulting from
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the applied sciences of companies, in artifi- it is already geographically delimited by the approximately 1,100 km from the coast of its new legal status. In the end, the study
cial intelligence, in innovations that respond Blue Amazon area. Rio Grande do Sul and at a depth of 4,000 presents some reflections and recommenda-
to changes also for structural renovations in Offshore and seabed mining is not new m. The RGR presents great potential and tions for developing the RGR potential.
the nature of maritime activities linked to nav- in Brazil. According to the data base of the 2. Offshore mining in Brazil
igation, commerce, research and the multiple Geographic Information System for Mining,
forms of use of sea resources for economic of the National Mining Agency (SIGMINE/ It is impossible to talk about mining with- mining on the environment. If failures and
development. The experiences around the ANM), the first mineral mining concession out considering the social and biodiversity damage occur on land, in plain sight, what
world, especially in the European Union, show in the Brazilian sea dates back to 1967: rock impacts and issues related to mitigation and about deep-sea mining?
Brazil that the sea’s bioeconomy can emerge salt, in Bahia (SIGMINE/ANM, 2022). Cur- adaptation to climate change. The need to Mining is, and has always been, neces-
in the economy of the Blue Amazon, with an rently, there are 765 encumbered areas in reduce CO emissions, sustainable develop- sary for human survival, as it involves water
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emphasis on pharmaceuticals and cosmetics the territorial sea, exclusive economic zone ment in its multiple dimensions and effects, and development: fertilizers, steel, high-per-
Finally, the legal dimension is responsi- and continental shelf, por emphasizing sand, new patterns of production, investment and formance computers, medical equipment,
ble for creating an environment of norms limestone, coal, phosphate, ilmenite, potassi- consumption based on environmental, so- batteries, in short, most of our technology
(in the broad sense) favorable to private um salts and rock salt (SIGMINE/ANM, 2022). cial and governance impacts have become depends on minerals. What is changing is
investment, scientific and technological re- The Serviço Geológico do Brazil (GSB - Geo- decisive factors for the movement of capital. how the market evaluates mining com-
search, serving in the same sense as a frame logical Survey of Brazil) or Companhia de Mining is part of this complex equation that panies, nvestors and people impacted not
that must be as simple as possible to high- Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais (CPRM - Min- seeks constant balance. only by prospecting and mining activities in
light a painting of immense value, without eral Resources Research Company) estimates Accidents mark. The thing is, we don’t mineral deposits and mines, but also by the
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the sin of being perceived. Unfortunately, that it has only mapped approximately 8% have good memories of the impacts of disposal and reuse of the product. Gradually,

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