DRC: "People have learned to love Salonga Park"

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The Lulilaka River in Salonga National Park.

This national park, the largest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was removed from the list of World Heritage in Danger by Unesco on July 19, 2021. © Flickr / Radio Okapi

By: Edmond Sadaka

5 mins

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Salonga National Park, the largest in the country, was removed on July 19 by Unesco from the list of World Heritage in Danger where it had been listed since 1984. This decision rewards efforts to preserve this 36,000 square kilometer park, considered the largest reserve of tropical rainforest in Africa.

Pastor Cosma Wilungula, Director General of the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation, is RFI's guest.

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