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A Sapele tree in the Republic of the Congo. The Congolian rainforest is the world's second-largest tropical forest, after the Amazon rainforest.It covers over 500,000,000 acres (2,000,000 km 2) across six countries and contains a quarter of the world's remaining tropical forest.
A Vision for Biodiversity Conservation in Central Africa: Biological Priorities for Conservation in the Guinean-Congolian Forest and Freshwater Region. World Wildlife Fund, Washington DC. World Wildlife Fund, Washington DC.
The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known as west equatorial Africa. The Congo Basin region is sometimes known simply as the Congo. It contains some of the largest tropical rainforests in the world and is an important source of water used in agriculture and energy generation. [1]
The ecoregion is mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a portion extending into the southern Central African Republic. It is the easternmost portion of the Guineo-Congolian region, a belt of tropical rain forests that extends through western and central Africa. [6] The Ituri Rainforest is in the ecoregion.
The Guinea region is distinguished from the neighboring Sudan region by its rainforests and runs along the Atlantic coast from Guinea to Nigeria. Upper, Middle, Lower and Forest; Gold Coast, Slave Coast, Ivory Coast and Pepper Coast; Rhodesia (region) (Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia) Mayombe; The Congo Basin is the rainforest region
By Ange Kasongo. BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) - Countries that are home to the world's three major rainforests agreed on Saturday to cooperate to overcome deforestation and safeguard biodiversity but ...
Leaders from countries with the largest tropical forest basins are meeting in the Republic of Congo Thursday to work together to protect the forests from deforestation and destruction. Delegates ...
Ecoregions in the Republic of the Congo — in the Congo Basin of West-Central Tropical Africa The main article for this category is List of ecoregions in the Republic of the Congo . Subcategories