As ciências da terra e o orçamento nacional de educação e pesquisa

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The Editorial of volume 21 of Terræ Didatica repeated a well-known commonplace regarding national budgets: “everyone knows that science is not an expense, it's an investment, except Brazil” (Nader & Ribeiro, 2024). Evidently, the topic is complex, multifaceted, and dependent on decision-making in various spheres of power. Data from the Global Innovation Index (GII), published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in partnership with the Portulans Institute and with the support of international partners, indicate that our country is experiencing a downward trajectory in the GII. In 2011, Brazil ranked 47th among the world's most innovative economies, falling to 49th place in 2023, and finally reaching 52nd place in 2025 (WIPO, 2025). The index measures the performance of innovation ecosystems based on information from 139 evaluated countries and identifies the most recent global trends in this field. The country ranks second in Latin America, behind only Chile. A weak point in this assessment refers to the parameter “number of graduates in science and engineering”, in which the country occupies the 100th position (Marconi, 2025).

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