The lake is within the Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe area, the largest Wetland of International Importance recognized by the Ramsar Convention in the world.
Ngiri-Ngiri, a municipality (commune) in the Funa district of Kinshasa
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Ngiri River, a tributary of the Ubangi River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Ngiri Reserve, a protected area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The district is within the Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe area, the largest Wetland of International Importance recognized by the Ramsar Convention in the world.
The city of Mbandaka, capital of Équateur province with a population of around 750,000, is near the center of the Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe site.
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José Endundo Bononge, DRC Minister of Environment, says: "The enemy of the forest is its misery and poverty… We cannot
Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe | Ngiri Reserve | Ngiri River | Ngiri-Ngiri |
The lake lies at the center of the Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe landscape, the largest Ramsar Convention wetland in the world, a vast area of forest and permanent or seasonal lakes and marshlands that has great environmental and economic value.