Decree No. 5.377 approving the National Policy of Marine Resources (PNRM). Country/Territory Brazil Document type Regulation Date 2005 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Energy, Mineral resources, Sea, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Hydropower generation Natural gas Oil Erosion Exploration Management/conservation Ecosystem preservation EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Territorial sea Continental shelf Polluter pays principle Pollution control Precautionary principle Biodiversity Maritime zone Marine area Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Decree enters into force on the date of its publication in the O.J. Abstract This Decree, composed of 2 articles and one Annex, approves the National Policy for Marine Resources (PNRM). The PNRM aims at providing guidelines to a sustainable development of activities including the use and exploitation of all marine resources (alive, mineral and energy resources) within Territorial Sea, Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf. The PNRM provides the basic principles such as, for instance, polluter pays principle, precautionary principle, and biodiversity protection principle. Moreover, it indicates the binding documents and provisions to be followed, the Policy objectives, as well as the implementation strategy. Full text Portuguese Website www.senado.gov.br