Earth_Island_Journal_-_Spring_2020

EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL • SPRING 2020 1

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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

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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