This theme brings together the boundaries of geographical areas that are clearly defined, recognized, dedicated and managed by any effective means, legal or otherwise, in order to ensure the long-term conservation of nature as well as ecosystem services and cultural values Associated. Protected areas are established in the state forest domain or in other sites of national, provincial or local interest and include: 1) Natural Integral Reserves; 2) National Parks; (3) Natural monuments; 4) Habitat or species management areas; 5) Biosphere Reserves; 6) Protected land or sea landscapes; 7) Zoological and Botanical Gardens; 8) Hunting Areas and Reserves; (9) any other category that special laws and regulations designate as such for the conservation of species of fauna and flora, soil, water, mountains or other natural habitats. These areas are managed mainly by Law No. 14/003 of 11 February 2014 on nature conservation. This dataset is produced by the ICCN with the support of the Central African Forest Observatory ( OFAC) within the framework of the FORAF project. The WRI / CARPE Project used this layer to produce the Forest Atlas of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The extent of the data set at the national level. The quality of these data may vary depending on the source. This layer does not guarantee the full presence of all protected areas in the DRC.This table presents the protected areas from which we were able to obtain both GIS and administrative bounderies supported by official documents from the gouvernment.
