The
protected areas in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo include national parks, biosphere reserves, wildlife reserves, nature reserves, scientific reserves, community reserves, and hunting reserves. These areas total 324,290 km2, or 13.83% of the country's land area.[1] Several of the country's protected areas have been internationally designated as
World Heritage Sites or
biosphere reserves by
UNESCO, or as wetlands of international importance under the
Ramsar Convention.
^UNEP-WCMC (2020). Protected Area Profile for Democratic Republic of Congo from the World Database of Protected Areas, June 2020. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net