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‘Little has been done to recognise ancient Mayan practices in groundwater management’
In this interview groundwater expert Dr Yolanda LópezMaldonado analyses different aspects of past and present groundwater management in the Yucatán Peninsula and suggests that a more collective approach to studying and managing this resource that integrates the traditional knowledge of the Indigenous Maya community to which she belongs would help to improve groundwater management in the peninsula Last December Dr LópezMaldonado addressed the UNWater Summit on Groundwater organized by UNESCO at its Paris headquarters