Ituri Rainforest
The
Ituri Rainforest is located in the
Ituri region of eastern
Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Ituri Rainforest is about 63,000 square kilometres in area, and is located between 0° and 3°N and 27° and 30° E. Elevation in the Ituri ranges from about 700 m to 1000 m. The average temperature is 31° C (88° F) and the average humidity is about 85% (Wilkie 1987).
[Wilkie, David. S. 1987. Impact of Swidden Agriculture and Subsistence Hunting on Diversity and Abundance of Exploited Fauna in the Ituri Forest of Northeastern Zaire. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Massachusetts.] About one-fifth of the
rainforest is made up of the
Okapi Wildlife Reserve, a
World Heritage Site. It is also the home of the
Mbuti pygmies, one of the hunter-gatherer peoples living in equatorial rainforests characterised by their short height (below one and a half
metres, or 59 inches, on average). They were the subject of a study by
Colin Turnbull,
The Forest People, in 1962.
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Ituri Rainforest people - Pygmies Culture of the African rainforest people, with photos of nature and animals
