Burundi
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SPI: 36.95
Species Protection Index Average: 42
National Report Card: Burundi
Burundi is hilly and mountainous, home to the crest of the Nile-Congo watershed. It is landlocked, but includes shoreline of Lake Tanganyika. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture.
Burundi has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of amphibians, birds and mammals is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include soil erosion and deforestation.
9%
of land currently protected
968
total land vertebrate species
2
endemic land vertebrate species
Species of significant conservation interest
Chimpanzee
43
amphibians / 1 endemic
602
birds / 0 endemic
196
mammals / 0 endemic
127
reptiles / 1 endemic
Information on this page was sourced from the CIA World Factbook and the Half-Earth Project Map.
