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Abstract
Ntahuga, L. 2000. Impact of African traditions on avian conservation in Burundi. Ostrich 71 (1 & 2): 21.
Burundi has many natural qualities, and as a result it is a kind of paradise for biological diversity. The country is a crossing-point of many geoclimatic influences from both central and eastern Africa. Also it has great variations in altitude and topography. Up to the 1960s, wildlife was well represented, especially around the borders and in localities which today are national parks and natural reserves (Ntahuga 1993). Thus animals were well known to people, who in turn lived harmoniously with them.
The present situation is quite different. Since the early 1970s, Burundi has had high human densities everywhere, but particularly in the central and northern parts. People began moving and re-settling from that time. Fortunately the government reacted quickly and declared almost 3% of the national territory as legally protected. But this uncontrolled demography has caused, among other effects, an over-exploitation of natural resources, destruction of habitats, and environmental pollution.