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Ituri Rainforest


 

The Ituri Rainforest is located in the Ituri region of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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.

Related Topics:
Ituri - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Rainforest - Okapi Wildlife Reserve - World Heritage Site - Mbuti - Pygmies - Metre - Colin Turnbull

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