DR Congo - Environment
As far as the environment of DR Congo is concerned, there have been poaching threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; deforestation (forests endangered by fires set to clear the land for agricultural purposes; forests also used as a source of fuel); soil erosion; mining (diamonds, gold, coltan - a mineral used in creating capacitors for electronic devices) causing environmental damage. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands.
About the environment of DR Congo
| Climate | We have tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator - wet season (April to October), dry season (December to February); south of Equator - wet season (November to March), dry season (April to October) |
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| Revenue from forest resources | 8.72% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 14,385,226 tons (2016 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 1.29 trillion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Zaïre (Congo) river mouth (shared with Zambia [s], Angola, and Republic of Congo) - 4,700 km; Ubangi river mouth (shared with Central African Republic [s] and Republic of Congo) - 2,270 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 460 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 150 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 70 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 31.58 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 2.02 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 61.24 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 11.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 3.1% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.3% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 8% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 67.9% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 20.7% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 47.4% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 4.33% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 16.316 million KINSHASA (capital), 2.892 million Mbuji-Mayi, 2.812 million Lubumbashi, 1.664 million Kananga, 1.423 million Kisangani, 1.249 million Bukavu (2023). |
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