Île de Mateba

Île de Mateba (Mateba Island) na the main river island wey dey near the mouth of the big Congo River. The whole island dey inside DR Congo, while the southern side of the river bank dey inside Angola. There dey at least two villages for the island, one dey for the south side of the island and the other one dey for the north side. Controversial wildlife introductions For Mateba Island, Blue wildebeest, Waterbuck, Burchell's zebras and even giraffes don dey introduced by the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature. The animals dem import am from Namibia in partnership with "Wildlife Vets Namibia". This move dey controversial because Mateba Island be historically rainforest reserve. The partly savanna wey dey now na result of deforestation. All the founder animal populations settle well, except the 4 giraffes wey die within 3 weeks after dem offload dem, because there no be Acacia trees like Vachellia and Senegalia. References Dis be template wey go make wanna references make structured. Template:DRCongo-geo-stub