No Water, No Peace: The Human Cost of Kibira’s Vanishing Water Sources
Deforestation in Kibira and drought are accelerating the drying up of water resources. The population in the park’s two watersheds…
Who’s Clearing Burundi’s Kibira Forest? Farmers and Government
State production companies and institutions—Regideso, Isabu, and DPAE—carry out several development activities in Kibira, while local communities illegally exploit forest…
Tea vs Trees: Burundi is Trading a National Park for a Cash Crop
When Kibira was elevated to protected area status by a ministerial order establishing its boundaries on 12 December 1933, its…
Silent Plunder: How Congo’s Precious Timber Fuels an Illegal Trade in Burundi
By Arthur Bizimana and Martin Leku At the furniture market in the Jabe district, in the urban commune of Mukaza,…
DRC-Burundi: forests and parks fall victim to land scarcity and infertility
The average family farm size is falling in DRC and Burundi’s rural areas as a result of demographic pressure. Fertility…
Climate and agriculture: a double threat to hydroelectric production in Burundi
The level of hydroelectric power station reservoirs is falling as a result of climate change and agricultural encroachment. This is…