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Mabira forest was heavily encroached upon in the 1970s and early 1980s. In the 1990s,
encroachers were evicted and the forest is now on the road to recovery.
Note: Enclaves inside Mabira forests are not part of the reserve but public land.
The 1974 image shows a dense forest with a few pockets of possible clearing. The
Mabira 2001
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