BLUE AMAZON: THE SEA THAT BELONGS TO US

With rare conciseness and clarity, BLUE AMAZON manages to condense into a single volume, divided into nine chapters, valuable data and information about the economic, strategic, and even social importance of this immense sea that surrounds us. The first book of its kind, written by ten authors—eight Navy officers, a biologist, and a lawyer—it analyzes issues related to the history, law, science and technology, use, exploration, protection, defense, and management of the sea. Here, the ocean is viewed both as a source of food, a target for scientific studies, phenomena such as El Niño and the tsunami, and from a tourism, political, and economic perspective. BLUE AMAZON is a text-document that provides an extensive survey of aspects related to maritime space, highlighting the problems and potential solutions.