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<journal-id>0120-3053</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Apuntes del Cenes]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Apuntes del Cenes]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-3053</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC)]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0120-30532024000200127</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.19053/uptc.01203053.v43.n78.2024.17728</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Environmental Sustainability in South America]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La sostenibilidad medioambiental en América del Sur]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vasto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Paola Marcela Hermosa del]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Marques]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rui Cunha]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Peñaloza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Granada  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Melilla ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Department of Industrial Engineering and Management  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Faculty Trade and Tourism of the Financial Economics  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>43</volume>
<numero>78</numero>
<fpage>127</fpage>
<lpage>162</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-30532024000200127&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-30532024000200127&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-30532024000200127&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: The purpose of this article is to determine the similarities in the context of environmental practices and sustainability of twelve South American countries and compare the environmental sustainability performance with six principal components. A multivariate analysis as a hierarchical method was carried out with seventeen sustainable environmental indicators, using official secondary data sources, namely the databases of ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean), applying eigenvectors and eigenvalues from the correlation matrix and Ward's method with squared Euclidean distances. The results suggest that the initial jumps in terms of distance are small, so the twelve countries analyzed in the study are grouped into five clusters. Deepening then in the perspective of the characteristics of each cluster, CL1: Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Argentina and Bolivia; CL2: Guyana, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru; CL3: Brazil; CL4: Ecuador; CL5: Chile. The research highlights significant differences among these South American countries, clustering those with similar patterns of behavior and identifying the best performers. We argue there is a need to protect and promote biodiversity, raise awareness of the importance of environmental sustainability and support the impacts of climate change. Argentina, Uruguay and Chile face severe water scarcity problems, and temperatures have risen in all the countries, but especially in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Suriname and Venezuela.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El propósito de este artículo es determinar las similitudes en el contexto de las prácticas ambientales y la sostenibilidad de doce países de América del Sur, y comparar el desempeño de la sostenibilidad ambiental con seis componentes principales. Se realizó un análisis multivariado como método jerárquico con diecisiete indicadores ambientales sostenibles; se consultaron fuentes de datos oficiales secundarios, a saber, la base de datos de la CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina), aplicando el vector propio y los valores propios de la matriz de correlaciones y el método de Ward con distancias euclidianas al cuadrado. Los resultados sugieren que los saltos iniciales en términos de distancia son pequeños. En consecuencia, los doce países analizados en este estudio se agrupan en cinco clusters. Profundizando luego en la perspectiva de las características de cada cluster, CL1: Colombia, Venezuela, Surinam, Argentina y Bolivia; CL2: Guyana, Paraguay, Uruguay y Perú; CL3: Brasil; CL4: Ecuador; CL5: Chile. La investigación pone de relieve diferencias significativas entre estos países sudamericanos, agrupando a los que presentan patrones de comportamiento similares e identificando a los que obtienen mejores resultados. Argumentamos que hay que proteger y fomentar la biodiversidad, y concienciar sobre la importancia de la sostenibilidad medioambiental y apoyar el impacto del cambio climático. Argentina, Uruguay y Chile se enfrentan a graves problemas de escasez de agua y las temperaturas han aumentado en todos los países, pero especialmente en Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Surinam y Venezuela.  Códigos JEL: P48, C38, Q1, H11, N56.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[environmental sustainability]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[multivariate analysis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sustainable environmental indicators]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[sostenibilidad ambiental]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[América del Sur]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[análisis multivariante]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[indicadores ambientales sostenibles]]></kwd>
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