Bururi Forest Nature Reserve

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• Eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) are present in Bururi Forest Nature Reserve.
• The population size is unknown.
• The chimpanzee population trend is unknown.
• The site has a total size of 33 km².
• Bushmeat hunting is a key threat to chimpanzees in Bururi.
• Conservation activities are not documented.

Site characteristics

Bururi Forest Nature Reserve (BFNR) is situated in southern Burundi, on the extreme southern edge of the Congo-Nile divide (BirdLife International 2020). Although the reserve is only about 33 sq. km, its floral composition is very diverse; in fact, the plant diversity in BFNR represents about 9% of the country's floral diversity (IUCN 2017). The most common primates found at the site are the eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii), blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis), and the ascasus monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius) (IUCN 2017). The site is also designated as an Important Bird Area in Burundi; rare and endemic species to the Albertine Rift region found in BFNR include Zoothera tanganjicae and Apalis argentea (IUCN 2017; BirdLife International 2020). The site was declared a Nature Reserve in 1951 (UNEP-WCMC 2020).

Table 1. Basic site information for Bururi Forest Nature Reserve

Species	'Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
Area	33 km²
Coordinates	Lat: -3.939272 , Lon: 29.596840
Type of site	Protected area (Forest Reserve)
Habitat types	Subtropical/tropical moist montane forest, Subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest, Savanna
Type of governance

IUCN habitat categories Site designations

Ape status

Table 2. Ape population estimates reported for Bururi Forest Nature Reserve

Species	Year	Occurrence	Encounter or vistation rate (nests/km; ind/day)	Density estimate [ind./ km²] (95% CI)	Abundance estimate (95% CI)	Survey area	Sampling method	Analytical framework	Source	Comments	A.P.E.S. database ID
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii							Unknown

Threats

Table 3. Threats to apes reported for Bururi Forest Nature Reserve

Category	Specific threats	Threat level	Description	Year of threat
10 Geological events		Absent
12 Other threat		Absent
5 Biological resource use	5.1 Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals	Present (unknown severity)	Bushmeat hunting (BirdLife International 2020).	Ongoing (2020)
1 Residential & commercial development		Unknown
2 Agriculture & aquaculture		Unknown
3 Energy production & mining		Unknown
4 Transportation & service corridors		Unknown
6 Human intrusions & disturbance		Unknown
7 Natural system modifications		Unknown
8 Invasive & other problematic species, genes & diseases		Unknown
9 Pollution		Unknown
11 Climate change & severe weather		Unknown

IUCN Threats list

Conservation activities

https://www.iucn.org/news/protected-areas/201703/bururi-link-between-heaven-and-earth

Challenges

Table 5. Challenges reported for Bururi Forest Nature Reserve

Challenges	Specific challenges	Source	Year(s)
	Not reported

Enablers

Table 6. Enablers reported for Bururi Forest Nature Reserve

Enablers	Specific enablers	Source	Year(s)
1 Site management
2 Resources and capacity
3 Engaged community
4 Institutional support
5 Ecological context
6 Safety and stability

Documented behaviours

Table 7. Behaviours documented for Bururi Forest Nature Reserve

Behavior	Source
Not reported

References

BirdLife International. (2020). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Bururi Forest Nature Reserve. Retrieved from: http://www.birdlife.org on 16/12/2020.

UNEP-WCMC. (2020). Protected Area Profile for Bururi Forest from the World Database of Protected Areas, December 2020. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net

IUCN. (2017). Bururi: the link between heaven and earth. Retrieved from: http://www.iucn.org/news/protected-areas/201703/bururi-link-between-heaven-and-earth

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