How coffee is saving a unique forest in Mozambique

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.