Bili-Uere Hunting Reserve
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Bili-Uere Hunting Reserve (French: ''Domaine de Chasse Bili-Uere'') is a hunting reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, covering . It is bounded on the north by
Bomu Hunting Reserve The Bomu Hunting Reserve (French: ''Domaine de Chasse Bomu'') is a hunting reserve (IUCN Category II) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The reserve covers an area of 4,125.6 km. It is bounded by the Mbomou River on the north, which forms ...
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Bomu Wildlife Reserve The Bomu Wildlife Reserve is a wildlife reserve (IUCN Category Ib) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The reserve covers an area of 4,125.6 km in Bas-Uélé Province. It extends along the south bank of the Mbomou River, which forms the b ...
, and the Mbomou River, which forms the border with the Central African Republic. Since 2005, the protected area is considered a
Lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ...
Conservation Unit together with Garamba National Park. More than 100,000 forest elephants lived in this vast landscape in the early 1970s. Today, this area faces major problems, such as wildlife conservation, illegal mining and bushmeat hunting.


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Protected areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Northern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic Northeastern Congolian lowland forests Bas-Uélé {{DRC-geo-stub