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Big battle: Alfred Brownell’s fight to save Liberia’s Upper Guinean forests made him lots of enemies, but he was victorious in the end. (Leise Jones Photography and Glenna Gordon/AFP)
ALFRED BROWNELL

The man who saved a forest

In the great battle between humans and trees, there can be only one victor, says Goldman prize-winner Alfred Brownell

  • Simon Allison
7 min read
Unrooted: New research shows that Africa is losing trees at an unprecedented rate. Areas of particular concern are the DRC, Madagascar, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. (Brent Stirton/Getty Images)
ALFRED BROWNELL

Africa in a battle to save forests

Rapid loss of primary rainforests is a double blow to the planet’s biodiversity

  • Simon Allison
4 min read