Democratic Republic of the Congo country profile

Lead Author: Maggie Surface (other articles)
This article has been reviewed and approved by the following Topic Editor: Lakhdar Boukerrou (other articles)
Last Updated: July 3, 2009

Satellite Image of the DRC. Source: Cwolfsheep/Wikipedia/The Map Library
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Satellite Image of the DRC. Source: Cwolfsheep/Wikipedia/The Map Library
Garamba National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Photograph by © WWF-Canon/John E. Newby)
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Garamba National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Photograph by © WWF-Canon/John E. Newby)

  1. General Overview
    • Major environmental issues
  2. Geography
    • Overview
    • Climate
    • Major rivers, lakes, mountains, and other terrestrial features
    • Districts and cities
  3. Ecology and Biodiversity:
    • WWF Ecoregions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  4. Natural Resources
  5. Human Society
    • Demographics
    • Human Development Index
    • Governance
    • Health issues
    • Civil society
    • Economy and trade
    • Important environmental people
    • Urbanization
  6. Protected Areas:
  7. Conservation initiatives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Citation
Surface, Maggie (Lead Author); Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor). 2009. "Democratic Republic of the Congo country profile." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 2, 2008; Last revised July 3, 2009; Retrieved November 7, 2009]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_country_profile>
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