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Title: Democratic Republic of the Congo - Protected Areas (2016)

Contributors:

Dates

  • Issued: 2017
  • Coverage: 2017

Publishers

  • World Bank Group

Summary

The data includes the protected areas national parks, World Heritage Site, reserves in DRC. The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is a joint project between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), managed by United Nations Environment Programme's World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation, collectively the World Bank Group (WBG) strives to enhance public access to and use of data that can support development impact. World Bank Group. (2016). Democratic Republic of the Congo - Protected Areas (2016) World Bank Group. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/jt589zy5322 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Subjects

  • Congo (Democratic Congo (Brazzaville))
  • Protected areas
  • Utilities and Communication
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (12.22046, 30.20467, 5.388336, -11.198945)
  • Geometry: BBOX (12.22046, 30.20467, 5.388336, -11.198945)

Provider

Stanford

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

World Bank Group. Democratic Republic of the Congo - Protected Areas (2016). World Bank Group. Polygon data. https://purl.stanford.edu/jt589zy5322

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • English