Gorongosa Coffee is changing the lives of farmers and the ecosystem for the better. by Piotr Naskrecki, Half-Earth Chair Dr. Piotr Naskrecki is the Half-Earth Project’s inaugural Half-Earth Chair. Piotr is an entomologist, conservation biologist, author, and photographer, based at the
Mozambique, Africa – In 2015, the Gorongosa Project worked with a group of local farmers to plant coffee seedlings on Mount Gorongosa. At first, 15,000 seedlings were planted alongside native trees to support rainforest reforestation efforts. Today, Mount Gorongosa’s people are planti