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Forest, bay and wildlife

A closed military base is an accidental nature reserve. This is what survived inside the fence.

Dense green canopy of the Ilanin Forest inside the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.

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What the forest kept

A closed military base is an accidental nature reserve. Subic spent most of a century off-limits, and the rainforest, the mangroves and one of the world’s great bat colonies are what came out the other side.

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