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Association Burundaise pour la Protection des Oiseaux

Burundi

Association Burundaise pour la Protection des Oiseaux (ABO)

Association Burundaise pour la Protection des Oiseaux (ABO) is the BirdLife Partner Designate

Founded in: 1999
Members: 100
Staff: 7
Address: P O Box 7069, Bujumbura, Burundi
Email: info@aboconservation.org
Web: http://www.abo-conservation-bi.org/

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 graueriin 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

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