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Burundi
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Association Burundaise pour la Protection des Oiseaux (ABO)
Association Burundaise pour la Protection des Oiseaux (ABO) is the BirdLife Partner Designate
Founded in: 1999Members: 100
Staff: 7
Address: P O Box 7069, Bujumbura, Burundi
Email: aboburundi@yahoo.fr
Mission of the organisation
Promoting natural and biodiversity conservation in Burundi by focusing on Birds
Key Activities
- Promoting birds conservation by increasing awareness public to work for a better world
- Support ornithological research in order to develop knowledge on birds
- Public education, his implication and protection important birds areas
- Protecting threatened bird species and natural habitats rich in biodiversity
- Cooperate with all organisations or individual implied in biodiversity conservation in general, birds particular
Recent Achievements
- Increasing awareness of bird conservation in Rusizi Nature Reserve (funded by RSPB)
- Contribution to conservation of the Rusizi Nature Reserve through self-help initiatives (funded by BirdLife International)
- Building a NGO-Government partnership for community participation in Natural Resource Management in the Albertine Rift, supported by WWF-EARPO
- Waterbird count on Rusizi Delta and Lake Rwihinda Managed Reserve (funded by Wetlands International)
- Conservation of Rusizi Nature Reserve through income generating activities (funded by NC-IUCN)
- Distribution and population size of Grauer's Rush Warbler Bradypterus graueri in Kibira National Park, funded by the RSPB
- Organisation of nature walks and birdwatching in the environs of Bujumbura capital town and Gatumba village near the Rusizi Nature Reserve
- Supervision of wildlife clubs and Site Support Groups (SSGs) in Gatumba and Kibira Forest surroundings
- Reforestation, guard re-training and population sensitization in partnership with INECN (Institut National pour l’Environnement et la Conservation de la Nature), the PA Authority
- Partnership with other national NGOs (ODEB, PES, Enviroprotec, AHEB) in various conservation activities