EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL • SPRING 2020 1
contents
FEATURES
Volume 35, Number 1 | Spring 2020
The Revolutionary
Forest
A unique conservation project advances a
vision for peace in conflict-torn Myanmar.
BY BENJAMIN D. HODGDON
34
Dis-Ease
Documenting change and nurturing young
life in a climate-uncertain world.
BY KATE OLSON
50
Holding Fast,
or Failing?
Dozens of confounding elements are
working against abalone recovery in
California.
BY DOMINICK LESKIW
18
DEPARTMENTS
31 1,000 Words
Aurora Robson
41 Conversation
Helena Norberg-Hodge
54 In Review
Underland
Becoming Wild
56 Vo ic e s
Jessian Choy
2 From the Editor
3 Letters & Emails
4 Talking Points
Local news from all over
13 Digging Deeper
Going beneath the headlines
15 Earth Island Reports
1,000 Fountains .......................... 15
Women’s Earth Alliance ............. 16
STORIES
26 An Uphill Task
In India’s biodiverse Nilgiri Mountains,
ecologists are trying to restore native
grasslands.
BY COLIN DAILEDA
45 Hollowed Lands
The slow-moving impacts of a warming
world are emptying out Sri Lankan
villages.
BY DENNIS MOMBAUER