EnvironPact and FGV, with support from BNDES, will develop studies for Marine Spatial Planning in Southeast Brazil.

EnvironPact and FGV, with support from BNDES, will develop studies for Marine Spatial Planning in Southeast Brazil.

The coastline of the Southeast Region makes up 40% of the Brazilian maritime area, called the Blue Amazon. The region accounts for around 82% of the entire Brazilian ocean economy.

EnvironPact Sustentabilidade e Resiliência and Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) were ranked first in the Public Selection sponsored by BNDES for the development of studies for Maritime Spatial Planning (PEM) of the Southeast Marine Region of Brazil. The Sudeste Azul consortium, composed of the two companies, will be responsible for conducting studies on activities in the marine, coastal and oceanic environment in the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Espírito Santo. The contract, worth up to R$ 12 million, will be executed over 36 months.

“This is a great achievement for EnvironPact and yet another opportunity for us to continue contributing to projects of national relevance. EnvironPact has had the blue economy in its DNA since its founding. We live off it. And we want to contribute and give back to society everything we know about the oceans. We are delighted to be part of building this legacy that will remain for the country,” celebrated EnvironPact CEO and OceanPact COO Adriano Ranieri.

The PEM is an instrument for mapping the sea regarding current and potential resources, the integration of different socioeconomic agents, legal security and national sovereignty. The coastline of the Southeast Region makes up 40% of the Brazilian maritime area, known as the Blue Amazon. The region concentrates approximately 82% of the entire Brazilian ocean economy. In 2013, EnvironPact was responsible for developing another project of national relevance – MAREM (Environmental Mapping for Emergency Response at Sea) – designed for Ibama and the Brazilian Institute of Oil, Gas and Biofuels (IBP). MAREM consolidated an extensive database of the Brazilian coastline and made this information publicly available, improving the process of assessing environmental impacts and enhancing environmental management related to oil and gas exploration and production activities in the country.