The task is simple: walk or die.

Fires and unsustainable wood harvesting have depleted the Afromontane forests on Mount Moco, Angola’s highest mountain. The forests are home to a diverse variety of birds, some found only in Angola.

Logging for firewood, charcoal and timber for construction almost wiped out the sacred forest of Titiyo in northern Togo. The degradation of the forest had a major impact on wildlife and the ...