At Indigenous Science, we warmly congratulate Dr. Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado for her contributions as both Lead Author, and Indigenous Knowledge and Local Knowledge Task Force and Chapeaux Author in the recently announced GEO-7 report , published by UNEP. She co-authored, jointly with many scientists and practitioners from all over the world, the following chapters: Chapter 6. Freshwater, pp. 261-303. Chapter 9. Scenario Methodology: Current Trends and Transformation, pp. 465-

Founder Dr. Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado dedicated two intensive weeks (1-12 Dec 2025) at the UNEP HQ in Nairobi, Kenya to engage in the Seventh Session of the Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives at UNEP-WCMC headquarters, and later, the Seventh Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA7), a pivotal forum for multilateral scientific cooperation, policy innovation, and harnessing Indigenous knowledge for climate resilience and nature action, such as in peatlands an