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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Middle Africa

Status
Full
Mangrove analysis available
Datasets
44
Public datasets
Features
152,756
Mapped features
Population
86.8 M
Natural Earth estimate

Location

Boundary: Natural Earth (public domain)

What Atlas holds for Democratic Republic of the Congo

Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2020, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Global Mangrove Watch v3.0
284
features
Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 1996, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Global Mangrove Watch v3.0
456
features
Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2007, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Global Mangrove Watch v3.0
394
features
Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2010, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Global Mangrove Watch v3.0
339
features
Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2015, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Global Mangrove Watch v3.0
318
features
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2025, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
1,575
features
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2020, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
1,520
features
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2015, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
1,280
features
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2010, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
1,346
features
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2005, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
1,337
features
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2000, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
1,794
features
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 1996, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
2,320
features
Congo Basin
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
1
features
Salonga
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
1
features
Moderate Pressure
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
1
features
High Pressure
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
1
features
Bassin_Rutshuru
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
1
features
PNVi
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
1
features
High Biodiversity Areas
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
3
features
RDC_Grande_Rivieres
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
5
features
Hippos Sightings_2005
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
6
features
RDC_Zones_CBNRM
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
7
features
Virunga Pressure map
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
8
features
RDC_Territoire
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
9
features
RDC_Territoire
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
9
features
Hippos Sightings_1974
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
9
features
Chimps Sightings
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
19
features
RDC_Villages
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
36
features
Gorille Sightings
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
39
features
Camp_bracconiers
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
44
features
Elephant Sightings
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
95
features
Lion Sightings
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
198
features
Protected Areas
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
210
features
Rivers
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
228
features
RDC_Rw
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
233
features
RDC_Routes
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
804
features
AfricaPriority_River
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
857
features
RDC_Plantations_Ecomakala
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
1,184
features
RDC_Rivieres
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
1,212
features
Selected_Species_Oil_Impact
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
17,779
features
Carbon projects: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (v2026-08)
5
features
Community and nature projects (UNDP): Democratic Republic of the Congo
UNDP project data (IATI Registry)
38
features
Roads
WWF Kenya GIS Centre of Excellence — full server mirror
54,384
features
Observation_ICCN
WWF Kenya GIS Centre of Excellence — full server mirror
101,621
features

Carbon projects and communities

68 projects registered in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Credits issued
48,635,565 t CO₂e (retired 24,849,025)
Mangrove or blue carbon
1
Mapped on Atlas
5
Community involvement
27 projects describe who they work with (from their own descriptions; where the text does not say, Atlas says so)
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