Kahuzi-Biéga National Park - DR Congo
In Danger from 1997 to present
Area: 6,000 km2
Inscribed: 1980
Criteria: (x) biodiversity
Values: The park covers dense primary tropical forest ranging in altitude from 700 to 3,300m on the western flank of the Albertine Rift. About 10% of the area comprises a high mountain range dominated by two extinct volcanoes, Mts Kahuzi and Biéga. This is connected through a narrow corridor to a much more extensive area of lowland rainforest on the fringes of the Congo River basin. The Park has a diverse and abundant fauna with a population of eastern lowland gorillas, and many rare species that are unique to this part of the Great African Rift Valley.
Slideshow of Kahuzi-Biéga National Park
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