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How coffee is saving a unique Mozambican forest

From a distance, Mount Gorongosa looks pockmarked. But in recent years, the forest has been growing back, thanks to a previously foreign crop: coffee.

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Mozambique fought a bloody war for freedom from Portugal, but after independence in 1975, a civil war ravaged the country until 1992. A smaller conflict later erupted in 2013, ending with a peace treaty in 2019. During the conflicts, Renamo rebels who used the mountain range as a war-time base and stronghold, exploited the park's natural resources to the brink of environmental collapse.