Articles by Lyric Aquino
Lyric Aquino is a former Grist Indigenous affairs fellow.
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![Firefighters and volunteers combat a fire on the Amazonia rainforest in Apui, Brazil, on September 21, 2022.]()
![Firefighters and volunteers combat a fire on the Amazonia rainforest in Apui, Brazil, on September 21, 2022.]()
Want to protect your health? Start by protecting Indigenous land.
Protecting Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon could prevent millions of respiratory diseases and billions in healthcare costs.
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![Activists hold up torches and portraits of slain indigenous peoples and environmental defenders during a rally on November 10, 2022 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines.]()
![Activists hold up torches and portraits of slain indigenous peoples and environmental defenders during a rally on November 10, 2022 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines.]()
2022 was a particularly deadly year for land and environmental activists
Nearly a quarter of the activists murdered were Indigenous.
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Canadian security forces arrest Wet’suwet’en protesters in clash over pipeline construction
“This harassment and intimidation is exactly the kind of violence designed to drive us from our homelands.”
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It’s been a place of worship for centuries. Now a copper mine threatens its future.
Resolution Copper is one court ruling away from destroying one of the Apaches’ holiest sites.
