10 Brazilian Legal Framework Applicable to the Blue Amazon’s
Seabed: An Assessment of Consistency with International Law . . . . 297
10.1 How Far May Brazil Go? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
10.1.1 Conservation of Living Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
10.1.1.1 Deep-Sea Fisheries on the Continental
Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
10.1.1.2 Marine Spatial Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
10.1.2 Prevention, Reduction and Control of Pollution . . . . . . 310
10.1.3 Marine Scientific Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
10.1.4 Bioprospection and Genetic Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
10.2 How Far Has Brazil Gone? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
10.2.1 General Rules on the Continental Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
10.2.2 Managing and Conserving Brazilian Living
Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
10.2.3 Marine Spatial Planning of the Brazilian Blue
Amazon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
10.2.4 Preventing, Reducing and Controlling Pollution from
Activities on the Brazilian Continental Shelf . . . . . . . . 334
10.2.4.1 Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling . . . . . . . . . . . 334
10.2.4.2 Mining the Brazilian Continental Shelf . . . . . 339
10.2.5 Researching on the Brazilian Continental Shelf . . . . . . 343
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
11 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
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