I found everything from the per capita GDP (and a comparison to the world) to the breakdown of religions to the population pyramid!
The DRC is right on the equator (0 00 N, 25 00 E) so it's pretty much the most tropically tropical rainforest you can find.
Here's the Climate snippet:
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)
Natural resources!!!
cobalt, copper, niobium, tantalum, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, uranium, coal, hydropower, timber
Some environmental problems to look into:
poaching threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; deforestation; refugees responsible for significant deforestation, soil erosion, and wildlife poaching; mining of minerals (coltan - a mineral used in creating capacitors, diamonds, and gold) causing environmental damage
National agreements that I should know about:
party to: Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification,
Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping,
Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
Environmental Modification
Some more things to research:
- what all those environmental agreements mean for building
- wastes created from mining - those could be made into building materials!
- traditional lifestyle
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