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Papers by Deniss Martinez

Research paper thumbnail of Environmental Justice in Forest Management Decision-Making: Challenges and Opportunities in California

Society & Natural Resources

Research paper thumbnail of Evolution and expansion of the One Health approach to promote sustainable and resilient health and well-being: A call to action

Frontiers in Public Health

One Health is a transdisciplinary approach used to address complex concerns related to human, ani... more One Health is a transdisciplinary approach used to address complex concerns related to human, animal, plant, and ecosystem health. One Health frameworks and operational tools are available to support countries and communities, particularly for the prevention and control of zoonotic diseases and antimicrobial resistance and the protection of food safety. However, One Health has yet to be implemented in a manner that fully considers the complexities and interconnectedness of the diverse influences that have impacts at a larger system level. This lack of consideration can undermine the sustainability of any positive outcomes. To ensure the One Health approach can function effectively within the new global context of converging and escalating health, social, economic, and ecological crises, it must evolve and expand in three overlapping dimensions: (1) Scope: the partners, knowledge, and knowledge systems included, (2) Approach: the techniques, methodologies, and scholarship considered,...

Research paper thumbnail of Back to the future: Indigenous relationality, kincentricity and the North American Model of wildlife management

Environmental Science & Policy

Research paper thumbnail of Relatives

Health Promotion Practice

This poem is a recollection of my own childhood. It is a reconnecting and remembering of the many... more This poem is a recollection of my own childhood. It is a reconnecting and remembering of the many lessons I learned from plant relatives and a reflection of how traditional medicines heal us and hold us both physically and emotionally. I use the framing of relatives that comes from other Indigenous scholars’ frameworks of relationality and kincentricity. These understandings of being in relationship emphasize the importance of nonhuman relatives not just as a health or food resource but as a relative with which to engage in reciprocal relationships with. These relationships transform us, they raise us, and they heal us. To view the original version of this poem, see the supplemental material section of this article online.

Research paper thumbnail of Keepers of the Flame: Supporting the Revitalization of Indigenous Cultural Burning

Society & Natural Resources, 2021

Journal Articles by Deniss Martinez

Research paper thumbnail of Indigenous Fire Futures: Anticolonial Approaches to Shifting Fire Relations in California

Environment and Society: Advances in Research, 2023

Dominant causal explanations of the wildfire threat in California include anthropogenic climate c... more Dominant causal explanations of the wildfire threat in California include anthropogenic climate change, fire suppression, industrial logging, and the expansion of residential settlements, which are all products of settler colonial property regimes and structures of resource extraction. Settler colonialism is grounded in Indigenous erasure and dispossession through militarism and incarceration, which are prominent tools in California's fire industrial complex. To challenge settler colonial frameworks within fire management, Indigenous peoples are organizing to expand Indigenous cultural controlled burning, fire stewardship, and sovereignty. These initiatives emphasize reciprocal human-fire relations and uphold Indigenous knowledge systems and livelihoods. Concurrently, Indigenous fire sovereignty is threatened by knowledge appropriation and superficial collaborations. In this article, we review contemporary research on Indigenous burning in order to highlight the strategies that Indigenous communities and scholars employ to subvert colonial power relations within wildfire management and actualize regenerative Indigenous futures. (Open access; download using link above).

Research paper thumbnail of Environmental Justice in Forest Management Decision-Making: Challenges and Opportunities in California

Society & Natural Resources

Research paper thumbnail of Evolution and expansion of the One Health approach to promote sustainable and resilient health and well-being: A call to action

Frontiers in Public Health

One Health is a transdisciplinary approach used to address complex concerns related to human, ani... more One Health is a transdisciplinary approach used to address complex concerns related to human, animal, plant, and ecosystem health. One Health frameworks and operational tools are available to support countries and communities, particularly for the prevention and control of zoonotic diseases and antimicrobial resistance and the protection of food safety. However, One Health has yet to be implemented in a manner that fully considers the complexities and interconnectedness of the diverse influences that have impacts at a larger system level. This lack of consideration can undermine the sustainability of any positive outcomes. To ensure the One Health approach can function effectively within the new global context of converging and escalating health, social, economic, and ecological crises, it must evolve and expand in three overlapping dimensions: (1) Scope: the partners, knowledge, and knowledge systems included, (2) Approach: the techniques, methodologies, and scholarship considered,...

Research paper thumbnail of Back to the future: Indigenous relationality, kincentricity and the North American Model of wildlife management

Environmental Science & Policy

Research paper thumbnail of Relatives

Health Promotion Practice

This poem is a recollection of my own childhood. It is a reconnecting and remembering of the many... more This poem is a recollection of my own childhood. It is a reconnecting and remembering of the many lessons I learned from plant relatives and a reflection of how traditional medicines heal us and hold us both physically and emotionally. I use the framing of relatives that comes from other Indigenous scholars’ frameworks of relationality and kincentricity. These understandings of being in relationship emphasize the importance of nonhuman relatives not just as a health or food resource but as a relative with which to engage in reciprocal relationships with. These relationships transform us, they raise us, and they heal us. To view the original version of this poem, see the supplemental material section of this article online.

Research paper thumbnail of Keepers of the Flame: Supporting the Revitalization of Indigenous Cultural Burning

Society & Natural Resources, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Indigenous Fire Futures: Anticolonial Approaches to Shifting Fire Relations in California

Environment and Society: Advances in Research, 2023

Dominant causal explanations of the wildfire threat in California include anthropogenic climate c... more Dominant causal explanations of the wildfire threat in California include anthropogenic climate change, fire suppression, industrial logging, and the expansion of residential settlements, which are all products of settler colonial property regimes and structures of resource extraction. Settler colonialism is grounded in Indigenous erasure and dispossession through militarism and incarceration, which are prominent tools in California's fire industrial complex. To challenge settler colonial frameworks within fire management, Indigenous peoples are organizing to expand Indigenous cultural controlled burning, fire stewardship, and sovereignty. These initiatives emphasize reciprocal human-fire relations and uphold Indigenous knowledge systems and livelihoods. Concurrently, Indigenous fire sovereignty is threatened by knowledge appropriation and superficial collaborations. In this article, we review contemporary research on Indigenous burning in order to highlight the strategies that Indigenous communities and scholars employ to subvert colonial power relations within wildfire management and actualize regenerative Indigenous futures. (Open access; download using link above).