1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 From: Oryaëlle Chevrel <oryaelle.chevrel@xxxxxxxx> Dear colleagues, *Volcanica* (a *diamond open access diamond* journal for volcanology; *https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.jvolcanica.org/__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!JQ8aJXwngd1nkIsGOnQYIseoP-inJI7Z3Jy5WHFeNsrTuDE-H-TQX7fniZc0Ht0$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.jvolcanica.org/__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!L_-EwrJFWshJ8MQvDa5B1SWKe3GdLmBcd4AbEF8XtYM7jiDWnstrJYJfeya99vA$>* ) is excited to announce the *launch of a dual-language Special Issue of Report articles from volcano monitoring agencies across Latin America. *These reports *are published in English and in Spanish *in full. The issue can be accessed, freely, in both languages here: *Volcano Observatories in Latin America <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jvolcanica.org/ojs/index.php/volcanica/issue/view/9?fbclid=IwAR1FNDJ4v39Z8UN2BCnKsxLoStLvqJVQaBM9J2MDj_JJ-o8BmpSaHDlzMpA__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!L_-EwrJFWshJ8MQvDa5B1SWKe3GdLmBcd4AbEF8XtYM7jiDWnstrJYJfmgxgkpQ$>.* This Special Issue is published in collaboration with ALVO (Asociación Latinoamericana de VolcanologÃa; https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/OficialAlvo__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!JQ8aJXwngd1nkIsGOnQYIseoP-inJI7Z3Jy5WHFeNsrTuDE-H-TQX7fnS7wx_-U$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/OficialAlvo__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!L_-EwrJFWshJ8MQvDa5B1SWKe3GdLmBcd4AbEF8XtYM7jiDWnstrJYJfFTS00gc$>), whose main purpose is to strengthen and promote volcanology in Latin America, and to promote international cooperation among Latin American countries and communities. Aligned with those goals, this Special Issue contains 11 peer-reviewed *Report *articles from all official agencies in Latin America who monitor active volcanism. Each *Report* article documents the active volcanoes under the monitoring jurisdiction of the agency, the monitoring history in the given country and the monitoring capacity and best-practice, outstanding needs and requirements for future monitoring improvements in the area, and provides up-to-date links and information. *Taken together, these articles represent the state-of-the-art in volcano monitoring capabilities throughout Latin America.* All of the countries in Latin America for which there are volcano monitoring efforts have Spanish as the national language. Therefore, the *Report *articles published in our first Special Issue are published in *both Spanish and English*. We have chosen to produce a bilingual Special Issue in order to increase the *accessibility* of this research. As always: work published in Volcanica is *diamond open access* and is therefore free and easy to access for everyone, from researchers at universities to people in communities affected by active volcanism. While there are inherent costs in academic publishing, Volcanica minimises and meets these costs with endorsement from *Presses universitaires de Strasbourg* (France). All publications â?? including in this Special Issue â?? are subject to a stringent peer review system to assure impartial assessment of quality scientific research. Oryaëlle Chevrel on the behalf of the Volcanica Editorial Committee *https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.jvolcanica.org/__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!JQ8aJXwngd1nkIsGOnQYIseoP-inJI7Z3Jy5WHFeNsrTuDE-H-TQX7fniZc0Ht0$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.jvolcanica.org/__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!L_-EwrJFWshJ8MQvDa5B1SWKe3GdLmBcd4AbEF8XtYM7jiDWnstrJYJfeya99vA$>* 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 ------------------------------
