RT journal article
T1 Mitigation Actions by the Marine Epas Against the Oil Spill on the Northeast Brazilian Coast
T2 Ações Mitigadoras das Apas Marinhas Frente o Derramamento de Óleo Na Costa do Nordeste Brasileiro
A1 Nascimento, Regina
A1 Sousa, Fernanda
A1 Vicente, Caroline
A1 Catojo, Adriana
K1 Environmental Disaster
K1 Coastal Management
K1 Management Plan
K1 Tourism
K1 Conservation Units
AB Brazil has established Marine Conservation Units to safeguard its biodiversity and regulate the use and occupation of these regions. They are considered a coastal zone,thereby being susceptible to disasters such as the oil spillthat affected the Brazilian coast in 2019. Thus, the presentresearch aimed to verify whether the management plansof the affected Environmental Preservation Areas (EPA)included contingency measures for chemical accidents involving oil, as well as the actions taken by government environmental agencies in terms of the assistance provided.Considering the organizations/institutions involved in thebeach cleaning assistance, we sought to identify whetherthe actions taken for beach cleaning were related to tourism. To achieve this, we conducted searches on the platforms of the Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA), ChicoMendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICM-Bio), Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources - IBAMA, State Secretariats of Environmentand Tourism, and the respective State Governments’ portals. As a result, thirteen EPAs were found in the states of Bahia,Pernambuco, and Rio Grande do Norte. No management plans mentioned oil spills; however, the actions carried outduring the incident were punctual and effective, mitigating major impacts on biodiversity and socio-economic aspects,as the beaches are tourist attractions and sources of income for the municipalities. This factor motivated quicker actionsto prevent larger impacts on the municipalities’ economy and environment. Therefore, revisions of the managementplans should include provisions for such incidents, enabling decision-making to be more concise and even faster andeffectively address the damages to these environments.
PB Editorial Uca
SN 2304-0963
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/36802
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/36802
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-may-2026