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Biography<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I am a cultural geographer with research interests that have revolved around the use, management, and conservation of natural resources and landscapes; participatory mapping that includes local investigators has been a core element of my research. Closely related interests include land tenure, local environmental knowledge, and critical cartography.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Publications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Smith, Derek A. and Miguel Sioui, 2022. The evolving relationship between Maya communities and subterranean waters in the Yucatan Peninsula. Chapter 6 in Indigenous Water and Drought Management in a Changing World, edited by M. Sioui, pp. 109-125. New York: Elsevier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith, Derek A., Alicia Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez, and Francisco Herrera (2017) The importance of context: Assessing the benefits and limitations of participatory mapping for empowering Indigenous communities in the Comarca Ng\u00e4be-Bugl\u00e9, Panama. Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization, <\/em>52(1): 49-62.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith, Derek A. Margaret B. Holland, Alicia Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez, and Francisco Herrera (2017) The hidden layer of Indigenous land tenure: Informal forest ownership and its implications for forest use and conservation in Panama\u2019s largest collective territory<\/a>. International Forestry Review, <\/em>19(4): 478-494.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith, Derek, Maureen Woodrow, and Kelly Vodden, 2016. A boat perspective: Local geographic knowledge of fish harvesters in Change Islands, Newfoundland. Journal of Cultural Geography<\/em>, 33(1): 1-26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith, Jenna, Derek Smith, and Miguel Sioui, 2016. Nature, cities, people: An exploration of Aboriginal Perspectives. The Canadian Geographer<\/em> 2016, 60(1): 3-8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith, Derek A., Kelly Vodden, Maureen Woodrow, Ahmed Khan, and Bojan F\u00fcrst, 2014. The Last Generation? Perspectives of Inshore Fish Harvesters from Change Islands, Newfoundland. Canadian Geographer<\/em> 58(1): 95-109.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith, Derek A., Peter H. Herlihy, Aida Ramos Viera, John H. Kelly, Andrew M. Hilburn, Miguel Aguilar Robledo, and Jerome E. Dobson, 2012. Using Participatory Research Mapping and GIS to Explore Local Geographic Knowledge of Indigenous Landscapes in Mexico. FOCUS on Geography<\/i> 55(4): 119-124.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dunn, Marc Andre, Nereyda Estrada and Derek A. Smith, 2012. The Coexistence of Baird\u2019s Tapir (Tapirus bairdii<\/i>) and Indigenous Hunters in Northeastern Honduras. Integrative Zoology<\/i> 7: 429-438.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dunn, Marc Andre and Derek A. Smith, 2011. The Spatial Patterns of Miskitu Hunting in North-eastern Honduras: Lessons for Wildlife Management in Tropical Forests. Journal of Latin American Geography<\/em> 10(1): 85-108.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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