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The Federated Network of Institutional Repositories of Scientific Publications (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas), or simply LA Referencia, is a Latin American network of open access repositories. Through its services, it supports national Open Access strategies in Latin America through a platform with interoperability standards, sharing and giving visibility to the scientific production generated in institutions of higher education and scientific research.
From the national nodes, scientific articles, doctoral and master's theses are integrated, coming from more than a hundred universities and research institutions from the nine countries that now form LA Referencia. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico and Peru are active members of the network and Costa Rica was integrated in 2016.
This experience is based on technical and organizational agreements between public science and technology agencies (Ministries and Oncyts ) of the member countries, together with RedCLARA. LA Referencia was born through the Cooperation Agreement, signed in Buenos Aires in 2012, which reflects the political will to offer in open access the scientific production of Latin America as a regional public good with emphasis on the results financed with public funds.
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Displaying 681 - 685 of 706Multidisciplinary approach to assess the water self-depuration characteristics of Suquía River (Córdoba, Argentina)
We analyzed the following characteristics of water self-depuration capacity along a polluted river (Suquía River) in Argentina: a) abundance of microbial metabolic groups, b) cover and type of vegetation, and c) type and concentration of soil and sediment humic substances. The objective was to establish the modifications of water self-depuration characteristics of the polluted sites in comparison to a reference site, in order to provide basic data for ecological restoration programs.
Las transformaciones en el paisaje generadas por la expansión urbana de Cuenca
El análisis de las transformaciones en el paisaje generadas por la expansión urbana de Cuenca, se realiza a través de una revisión de la historia de la ciudad, para poder obtener una visión sobre su futuro; es decir, qué hicieron nuestros antepasados en esta región, qué estamos haciendo nosotros en el presente y, especialmente, qué debemos hacer para el futuro. En este contexto, se analiza el crecimiento urbano y el incremento poblacional de la ciudad de Cuenca en los últimos cincuenta años.
Evaluación del impacto del aprovechamiento forestal en cinco especies forestales, Los Mogos, Península de Osa, Costa Rica
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Optimal location of a landfill for the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley using Geographic Information Systems
The population growth and the great amount of produced waste makes increasingly difficult to find optimal terrains that comply with all legal requirements.
Accumulation of water rights in Peru
In Latin America, water governance is facing the problem of rising demand for water resources, increased hydrological variability in a context of climate change, proliferating contamination and thus —in general— increasing scarcity of water in terms of quantity, quality, and opportunity. This creates competition and conflicts among stakeholders. The issue coincides with the urgent international problem of concentration of land, which is heavily intertwined with the concentration of water in the hands of the few.