Artwork by ernestoyerena inspired by photos from Aaron Huey argonautphoto, Cory Richards, and amivitale | Ernesto Yerena is an artist and printmaker who identifies as Chicano and Indigenous. Based in L.A.’s Boyle Heights neighborhood, he is known for his layered, hand-cut silk-screen prints, whose themes often connect to reclaiming Indigenous roots and showing solidarity with marginalized communities fighting for their rights. For this campaign, coinciding with #COP15 in Montreal, Yerena draws comparisons to the shrinking land bases of animals and Indigenous peoples. As COP15 concludes, it’s worth emphasizing that efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss are incomplete without a focus on correcting environmental injustice. Historically, protected areas have not always respected the rights of Indigenous peoples and in some cases have led to violence, displacement, and human-rights abuses. Conserving nature must fully integrate and respect the rights of Indigenous stakehol...