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Table 10-1. A quantitative estimate of the length of agricultural expansion from one forest edge to the other from 1984 – 2020. YearSelectedExpansion distanceRemarkssites(from one forest edgeto another) in km1 984A11.7Forest disturbance is observable but there are remnantA21.2patches of forests inside these disturbed areas of the forestA31.8(Figure 44). Some remnant patches were distributed alongstreams.1 996A12.0Forest disturbance can be clearly noted but there are smallA20.92remnant patches inside disturbed areas; most of these areA32.0located along streams (Figure 44).2006A13.47Forest areas heavily converted to agricultural lands;A21.0remnant patches of forests were removed from inside theA33.3disturbed areas(Figure 44).2020A12.5Forest has been fully converted; agricultural landscape hasA22.0become dominant (Figure 44).A33.5