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Experienced climate change impacts help explain subjective well-being – Evidence from 14 nature-dependent communities

Reyes-García, V.; ...; López-Maldonado, Y., et al. “Experienced climate change impacts help explain subjective well-being – Evidence from 14 nature-dependent communities”. People and Nature, 2025.

DOI: 10.1002/pan3.70230

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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.

DOI: 10.5040/9781350373891.ch-15

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

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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.

DOI: 10.65398/UKRR9307

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

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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.

DOI: 10.1039/D5SU00144G

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¿(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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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: 10.4324/9780429028632-11  

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Global Environment Outlook 7: A future we choose – Why investing in Earth now can lead to a trillion-dollar benefit for all

United Nations Environment Programme, 2025. Global Environment Outlook 7: A future we choose – Why investing in Earth now can lead to a trillion-dollar benefit for all. Nairobi. ISBN: 978-92-807-4246-6

DOI: 10.59117/20.500.11822/49014 

URL: https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/49014 

Dr. Lopez-Maldonado: Lead Author, and Indigenous Knowledge and Local Knowledge Task Force and Chapeaux Author:

- Chapter 6. Freshwater, pp. 261-303.

- Chapter 9. Scenario Methodology: Current Trends and Transformation, pp. 465-500.

- Chapter 10. Continuation of Current Trends: Global Implications, pp. 501-541.

- Chapter 11. Transformation Pathways Towards Achieving Global Goals: Global Implications, pp. 543-595.

- Indigenous Knowledge and Local Knowledge Chapeaux A (pp. 4-8), B (pp. 108-112), C (pp. 460-464), and D (pp. 604-610).

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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

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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

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Última actualización: 06-08-2025

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