Central Congolian Tropical Forests bioregion
The bioregion’s land area is provided in units of 1,000 hectares. The conservation target is the combined Global Safety Net (GSN1) areas for the component ecoregions. The protection level indicates the percentage of the GSN goal that is currently protected on a scale of 0-10. N/A means data is not available at this time.
The Central Congolian Tropical Forests bioregion, located in the Equatorial Afrotropics, is in the Cuvette Centrale region of the Congo Basin, south of the Congo River. It consists of dense wet forests and swamps, storing enormous amounts of carbon and harboring diverse wildlife, including lowland gorillas and endemic peafowl. It is made up of three ecoregions—Central Congolian Lowland Forests (3), Eastern Congolian Swamp Forests (10), Western Congolian Swamp Forests (29)—totaling nearly 64 million hectares. It contains the Salonga National Park, one of the largest protected areas in the world.
The Central Congolian Tropical Forests bioregion is part of the Equatorial Afrotropics subrealm and is made up of three ecoregions: Western Congolian Swamp Forests [1], Eastern Congolian Swamp Forests [2], Central Congolian Lowland Forests [3].
Learn more about each of the Central Congolian Tropical Forests ecoregions below.
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