Publicaciones (arbitrados por pares)

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Why Don't We Know About Indigenous Science?: Key Concepts, Some Myths and Frequent Misconceptions of Indigenous Knowledge

López-Maldonado, Y. “Why Don't We Know About Indigenous Science?: Key Concepts, Some Myths and Frequent Misconceptions of Indigenous Knowledge”, in Styres, S. and Neepin, R. (eds.) The Bloomsbury Handbook of Indigenous Education and Research. Bloomsbury: New York, NY. 2025, pp. 197-208.

URL: https://bit.ly/IK-myths-misconceptions

Beyond Sacred Ecology: Indigenous Peoples' Observations to Advance the Understanding of Earth's Systems

Lopez-Maldonado, Y. “Beyond Sacred Ecology: Indigenous Peoples' Observations to Advance the Understanding of Earth's Systems”. Pontificiae Academiae Scientiarvm Scripta Varia 2025, 157:156-170.

URL: https://www.pas.va/en/publications/scripta-varia/sv157pas.html

Addressing the Global Data Imbalance of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Garduño-Jiménez, A.L., Gomes, R.L., Lopez-Maldonado, Y., Carter, L.J. “Addressing the global data imbalance of contaminants of emerging concern in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals”. RSC Sustainability 2025, 3:3384.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SU00144G

¿(Des)centralización de los sistemas de conocimiento indígena? De la teoría a la práctica

Lopez-Maldonado, Y., & Jarlik, L. “¿(Des)centralización de los sistemas de conocimiento indígena? De la teoría a la práctica” [(De)centralisation of indigenous knowledge systems? From theory to practice]. Estudios de Lingüística del Español (Revista ELiEs) 2024, 49:63-85.

DOI: 10.36950/elies.2024.49.5

The contributions of Indigenous People's earth observations to water quality monitoring

Lopez-Maldonado, Y., Anstee, J., Neely, M.B., Marty, J., Mastracci, D., Ngonyani, H., Ogashawara, I., Salyani, A., Sharma, K., & Sims, N.C. “The contributions of Indigenous People's earth observations to water quality monitoring”. Frontiers in Water 2024, 6:1363187.

DOI: 10.3389/frwa.2024.1363187

Indigenous Peoples and local communities report ongoing and widespread climate change impacts on local social-ecological systems

Reyes-Garcia, V.; ...; Lopez-Maldonado, Y.; et al. "Indigenous Peoples and local communities report ongoing and widespread climate change impacts on local social-ecological systems", Communications Earth & Environment, 2024, 5:29.

DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-01164-y | Open access.

Free to read URL: http://rdcu.be/dvN65

Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Reyes-Garcia, V.; ...; Lopez-Maldonado, Y.; et al. "Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and local communities", Sustainable Earth Reviews, 2024, 7:1.

DOI: 10.1186/s42055-023-00063-6 | Open access.

Free to read URL: http://rdcu.be/dvRXY

Practice what you preach: Ensuring scientific spheres integrate Indigenous Peoples' and Local Communities' rights and agency too

Lopez-Maldonado, Y. "Practice what you preach: Ensuring scientific spheres integrate Indigenous Peoples' and Local Communities' rights and agency too", Ambio, 2022, 51:811-812.

DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01663-2 |

Open access: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8800993/

Free to read URL: http://rdcu.be/cCwhq

Understanding Groundwater Common-Pool Resources: Commonisation and Decommonisation of Cenotes in Yucatan, Mexico

Lopez-Maldonado, Y. "Understanding Groundwater Common-Pool Resources: Commonisation and Decommonisation of Cenotes in Yucatan, Mexico", in Nayak, P. K. (ed.) Making Commons Dynamic: Understanding Change through Commonisation and Decommonisation. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon, and New York, NY. 2021. pp. 138-164.

DOI: 10.4324/9780429028632

URL: http://bit.ly/cenote-commons

Research priorities for maintaining biodiversity’s contributions to people in Latin America

Pearson, R., Martínez-Meyer, E., Andrade Velázquez, M., Caron, M., Corona-Núñez, R., Davis, K., Paz Durán, A., García Morales, R., Hackett, T., Ingram, D., Loyola Díaz, R., Lescano, J., Lira-Noriega, A., López-Maldonado, Y. et al., "Research priorities for maintaining biodiversity’s contributions to people in Latin America". UCL Open: Environment 2019, 1:02.

DOI: 10.14324/111.444/ucloe.000002

Protecting our Sacred Water. Cenote conservation in the Maya area of Yucatan, Mexico

López-Maldonado, Y. “Protecting our Sacred Water. Cenote conservation in the Maya area of Yucatan, Mexico”, in Liljeblad, J. and Verschuuren, B. (eds.) Indigenous Perspectives on Sacred Natural Sites: Culture, Governance, and Conservation. Routledge Earthscan: Abingdon, Oxon, and New York, NY. 2019, pp. 193–206.

DOI: 10.4324/9781351234900-13

URL: http://bit.ly/sacred-water

Inequality and the Biosphere

Hamann, M., Berry, K., Chaigneau, T., Curry, T., Heilmayr, R., Henriksson, P., Hentati-Sundberg, J., Jina, A., Lindkvist, E., López-Maldonado, Y. et al., “Inequality and the Biosphere”. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 2018, 43:61-83.

DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-102017-025949

Restoring the environment, revitalizing the culture: Cenote conservation in Yucatan, Mexico

López-Maldonado, Y. & Berkes, F. “Restoring the environment, revitalizing the culture: Cenote conservation in Yucatan, Mexico". Ecology and Society 2017, 22(4):7.

DOI: 10.5751/ES-09648-220407

Local groundwater balance model: stakeholders’ efforts to address groundwater monitoring and literacy

Lopez-Maldonado, Y., Batllori-Sampedro, E., Binder, C., & Fath, B. “Local groundwater balance model: stakeholders’ efforts to address groundwater monitoring and literacy”. Hydrological Sciences Journal 2017, 62(14):2297-2312.

DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2017.1372857

URL: http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/14859/

Contribuciones en Libros Colectivos/Institutionales

Celebrating the Living Heritage of Indigenous Peoples
Celebrar el Patrimonio Vivo de los Pueblos Indígenas

UNESCO, 2024. Celebrating the living heritage of indigenous peoples. 151 pp. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. ISBN: 978-92-3-100688-3

DOI: 10.58337/XSPF5461

URL: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000390088

Tesis

Tesis Doctoral (Geografía)

Dr. rer. nat. (Enero 2018)

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Understanding socio-groundwater systems: framework, toolbox, and stakeholders’ efforts for analysis and monitoring groundwater resources

DOI: 10.5282/edoc.21697

Tesis de Maestría en Ciencias (Ecología Humana)

M.Sc. (Octubre 2011)

Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional

El interés de habitantes de Sisal, Yucatán en el desarrollo de la comunidad como centro turístico a través del uso y manejo del patrimonio cultural y natural

DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.5019.1443

Otras Publicaciones

Lopez-Maldonado, Y. (2020). "Pandemic Perspectives: Mayan Communities Reconnecting with Nature". Langscape Magazine Blog. URL: https://bit.ly/covid19-maya

López-Maldonado, Y. (2020). "Building leadership through reconnection: The Latin American Academy for Food Systems Resilience". Langscape Magazine 9, 89-95. URL: https://bit.ly/ayni-food

López-Maldonado, Y. (2019). “Building leadership for food systems resilience in Peru”. Report to GlobalGiving. URL: https://goto.gg/39841

López-Maldonado, Y. (2018). “Can the cenotes be saved? Biocultural conservation in Yucatan, Mexico”. Langscape Magazine 7(1):42-47. URL: http://bit.ly/cenote_conservation

Lopez-Maldonado, Y. (2016). “Socio-ecological transformations within the Mayan area of Yucatan, Mexico: Past and present of a water oriented complex society”. Proceedings of the workshop: Transformations of the Earth. International Graduate Workshop in Environmental History, 223-250. Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, and the School of History, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China. May 18 – 23, 2016. DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/6nfwz

López-Maldonado, Y. (2015). “The early identification of the human drivers affecting groundwater system in Yucatan, Mexico using Material Flow Analysis”. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Final Young Summer Program Report. Laxenburg, Austria. URL: http://bit.ly/YSSP2015report

López-Maldonado, Y. (2014). “Towards an Understanding of the Human-Environment System of Mayan Communities: Knowledge, Users, Beliefs and Perception of Groundwater in Yucatan”. The Digital Library of the Commons. Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis. Indiana University. URL: http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/handle/10535/9408

López-Maldonado, Y. & Castillo-Burguete, T. (2013). “Communitarian initiatives on cultural heritage: preservation, achievements and challenges”. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 2551, 141-149. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3359952

Lopez-Maldonado, Y. (2012). "Coastal tourism in Yucatan and its effects on the environment" [in English and Spanish]. E-News Bulletin. Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem. 3(7), 6-10. URL: https://bit.ly/GoMLME

López-Maldonado, Y. & Castillo-Burguete, T. (2010). “Cultural tourism in a coastal community of Yucatan. Case study” [in Spanish]. Topofilia, Revista de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Ciencias Sociales. 2(1). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2584.0729