Memberships

Global Young Academy (GYA)

Member (2025-2030)

The Global Young Academy is hosted at the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

Disciplines: Indigenous Earth Observations, Natural Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences, Human Geography.

URL: https://globalyoungacademy.net/ylopezmaldonado/

Women in Water Diplomacy Network

Member of the Global Leadership Council (2025-onwards)

The Women in Water Diplomacy Network is a global community of women water leaders (and male champions supporting gender equality) working collectively to strengthen women’s leadership in transboundary water decision making in basins across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

URL: https://www.waterdiplomat.org/story/2025/04/women-and-water-diplomacy-network-launches-global-leadership-council-and-prepares-un

Informal Reference Group on Water and Indigenous Peoples Cap-Net

Member (2023-onwards)

URL: https://cap-net.org/referencegroup/

Indigenous Science Network

First Nations’ Editorial Board Member (2023-onwards)

URL: https://research.acer.edu.au/isn/editorialboard.html

ICCA Consortium

Honorary Member (2020-onwards)

"Dr. Yolanda López Maldonado (Mexico) nominated by Mexico ICCA network: a Maya Indigenous scholar in Human Ecology and Human Geography with work focused on community-based natural resource management, culture and conservation, and governance of natural resources and protected areas".

URL: http://bit.ly/YLM-member_ICCA

Global Diversity Foundation

North America Board of Directors (2019-onwards)

URL: https://www.global-diversity.org/about/board-of-directors/

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas Specialist Group

Member (2016-onwards)

URL: https://csvpa.org/2016/03/iwd-protecting-the-cenotes/