Bururi Forest Reserve

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Summary

• 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

Area	33 km²
Coordinates	-3.939272 S, 29.596840 E
Designation	Forest Reserve
Habitat types	Subtropical/tropical moist montane forest, subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna

IUCN habitat categories Site designations

Ape status

Table 2. Ape population estimates in Bururi Forest Nature Reserve

Species	Year	Abundance estimate (95% CI)	Density estimate [ind./ km²] (95% CI)	Encounter rate (nests/km)	Area	Method	Source	Comments	A.P.E.S. database ID
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii

Threats

Table 3. Threats to apes in Bururi Forest Nature Reserve

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

IUCN Threats list

Conservation activities

https://www.iucn.org/news/protected-areas/201703/bururi-link-between-heaven-and-earth http://www.artes-research.com/en/portfolio-articoli/community-ecotourism-2/

Table 4. Conservation activities in Bururi Forest Nature Reserve

Category	Specific activity	Description	Year of activity
1. Residential & commercial development	Not reported
2. Agriculture & aquaculture	Not reported
3. Energy production & mining	Not reported
4. Transportation & service corridors	Not reported
5. Biological resource use	Not reported
6. Human intrusion & disturbance	Not reported
7. Natural system modifications	Not reported
8. Invasive & other problematic species, genes, diseases	Not reported
9. Pollution	Not reported
10. Education & Awareness	Not reported
11. Habitat Protection	Not reported
12. Species Management	Not reported
13. Livelihood; Economic & Other Incentives	Not reported

Conservation activities list (Junker et al. 2017)

Challenges

Table 5. Challenges reported for Bururi Forest Nature Reserve

Challenge	Source
Not reported

Research activities

Documented behaviours

Table 6. Ape behaviors reported for Bururi Forest Nature Reserve

Behavior	Source
Not reported

External links

Relevant datasets

A.P.E.S Portal

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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