Publications (Peer-reviewed)
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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
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/
Contributions to Collective/Edited Books
Celebrating the Living Heritage of Indigenous Peoples
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
Thesis
Master of Science Thesis (Human Ecology)
M.Sc. (October 2011)
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Interest of inhabitants of Sisal, Yucatán on the community development as a tourist centre through the use and management of its cultural and natural heritage