Map 1. Central African Nations
Source: carpe.umd.edu
Map 2. Average annual rainfall in Central Africa
Source: Wilkie, D. S., G. A. Morelli, F. Rotberg, and E. Shaw. 1999. Wetter isn’t better: Global warning and food security in the Congo Basin. Global Environmental Change 9(4):323–328, 1999.
Figure 1. Average monthly rainfall
Source: Wilkie, D. S., G. A. Morelli, F. Rotberg, and E. Shaw. 1999. Wetter isn’t better: Global warning and food security in the Congo Basin. Global Environmental Change 9(4):323–328, 1999.
Map 3. Topography in Central Africa
Source: Digital chart of the world, baseline data. Defense Mapping Agency.
Map 4. Satellite-derived vegetation map of Central Africa
Source: Laporte, N., S. J. Goetz, C. O. Justice, and M. Heinicke. 1998. A New Land Cover Map of Central Africa derived from Multi-resolution, Multi-temporal AVHRR Data. International Journal of Remote Sensing 19(18): 3537–3550.
Map 5. WWF-US Central Africa Ecoregions
Source: WWF-US.
Figure 2. WWF-US Central Africa Ecoregions
Source: WWFUS Ecoregion-Based Conservation: Ecoregion map of Africa.
Source: http://deathstar.rutgers.edu/projects/gorilla/sirc1.jpg
Map 7. Central Africa major watersheds and lakes (Congo, Chad, Ogooue)
Source: Revenga, C., S. Murray, J. Abramowitz, and A. Hammond. 1998. Watershed of the world: Ecological value and vulnerability. Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: World Resources Institute/Worldwatch Institute, 1998. 164 pages.
Map 8. Central Africa protected areas
Source: World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC). 1997. Africa Data Sampler (WRI), databases of IUCN/SSE African Elephant Group (1995), and the current version of SCMC's Biodiversity Map Library.