Key Water Issues and Challenges
- Flooding
- Drought
- Soil erosion as a result of overgrazing and the expansion of agriculture into marginal lands
- Deforestation (little forested land remains because of uncontrolled cutting of trees for fuel)
Contact GWP Burundi
Mr. Anicet Nkurikiye
GWP Regional Steering Committee Member
Chair, Burundi Country Water Partnership
Chef de Projet protection de l'habitat et des populations
d'hippopotames dans le Nord Est du Lac Tanganyika
B.P 273 Bujumbura
Tel: +257 22 273 555 (office)
+ 257 78 523 000 (mobile)
Email: nkurianicet@yahoo.fr
More Information
AQUASTAT -FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/main/index.stm
UN-Water Statistics http://www.unwater.org/statistics_KWIP.html
Source: www.cia.gov; http://data.worldbank.org; www.unwater.org