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Protected Areas

Many sites in the Albertine Rift are protected as National Parks, Wildlife Reserves or Forest Reserves. But there are several other sites important for conservation that require legal protection in the future - mainly in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The maps below name the various protected areas or sites in the Albertine Rift.



NP
=National Park, FR=forest Reserve, WR=Wildlife Reserve

The boundary of the Albertine Rift.

The northern part of the Albertine Rift stretching from the northern tip of Lake Albert to the border between Uganda and Rwanda.

The central part of the Albertine Rift, including Rwanda and Burundi.

The southern end of the Albertine Rift including Tanzania,  DRC and Zambia.


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