Afromontane forests - a unique ecosystem of cool, moist temperate forest that is now mostly restricted to high elevations - are a relic of glacial periods, when they were much more widespread in Africa. In southwestern Africa, only around 700 ha remains, all of which is located in Angola. The Namba mountain range in the highlands of western Angola contains the majority (about 85%) of the Afromontane forest patches of the region. Despite these mountains only recently being explored by scientists, they represent the best opportunity to conserve the most-threatened habitat in Angola - however, the situation there is alarming.