The Gorongosa mountain range's natural resources were exploited to the brink of environmental collapse. But in recent years, the forest has been growing back, thanks to a previously foreign crop: coffee. – Photo: AFP
From a distance, Mount Gorongosa looks pockmarked. The slopes of this Mozambican landmark were once covered with verdant rain forest.
Now, they are scarred by deep holes -- the result of clearcutting that exposed the soil and parched it, leaving only shrubs and grasses.
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