Field Notes: An Abandoned Forest in Eastern Tanzania

East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania: John Mganga walks through a forest at night near his former workplace, the Amani Hill Research Station. Many of the trees were first planted during German colonial rule as part of a botanical gardens project that was later abandoned.

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Feb 6, 2018

East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania: John Mganga walks through a forest at night near his former workplace, the Amani Hill Research Station. Many of the trees were first planted during German colonial rule as part of a botanical gardens project that was later abandoned. — (Photo: Evgenia Arbugaeva)

This photograph originally appeared in the February 2018 issue of Pacific Standard. Subscribe now and get eight issues/year or purchase a single copy of the magazine.

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