The highlands of Angola house precious biodiversity and the sources of the rivers that feed the Okavango. PhD Student Telmo Antonio will be working with the FEFA team to understand how the changing agricultural practices in the peatlands interact with fire to affect carbon and biodiversity. He will also be using the fantastic biodiversity data collected by the Okavango Wilderness Project to find out aspects of biodiversity benefit from the early-season burning regimes created by the local people.

This project links with other FEFA projects finding new ways for communities living in conservation areas to contribute to and benefit from their ecosystems.