 Despite past overexploitation, the widespread occurrence of saplings of Stem-fruit miraculous-berry, Forest newtonia, Iroko, Panga-panga and Forest ordeal tree, gives reason for hope that it will naturally regenerate.Renamo had a stronghold in the area during the Mozambican Civil War.By the end of the war in 1992 the forest was largely intact, but its Bush elephant population was reduced.