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unusual facts about Congo Basin


The Forgotten Children of Congo

From the remoteness of the Congo Basin, to the capital Kinshasa and the volatile Ituri Province in the East, this documentary focuses on the plight of the country's street children.


Constant-Serge Bounda

In 2008, Bounda began serving as the head of UNEP's Support Office to the Nobel Peace Laureate, Goodwill Ambassador for the Congo Basin Forest Ecosystem and co-chair of the Congo Basin Forest Fund (CBFF) with Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada.

Helmeted Guineafowl

N. m. marungensis (Schalow, 1884) - Marungu Helmeted Guineafowl - south Congo Basin to western Angola and Zambia

Jba Fofi

The J'ba Fofi (Baka: "giant spider"), also known as the Congolese Giant Spider is a cryptozoological creature that is said to exist in the Congo, possibly representing a new species of arachnid.

Lockwood Aircam

Designed by Phil Lockwood, founder of Lockwood Aircraft, it was built for the National Geographic Society for research and photography in the Ndoki Rain Forest in the northern Congo Basin.

Ngaliema Bay

The bay was the site of an 1879 expedition led by Henry Morton Stanley to explore all of the Congo Basin.

Phyllocrania paradoxa

Phyllocrania paradoxa have a wide range across the African continent and its islands and can be found in Angola, South Europe, Cameroon, Cape Province, Congo basin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Transvaal, Uganda and Zimbabwe.


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