Table 1 : Types and characteristics of soils 34
Table 32: Principal ethnic groups of Burkina Faso 37
Table 3: Summary of legal instruments in force in Burkina Faso. 48
Table 24: List of traditionally preserved species 74
Table 25: Extent of land use 75
Table 26: Area of land use according to class 75
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LIST OF MAPS
Map 1: Geographical location of the Burkina Faso 28
Map 2: Administrative division of Burkina Faso into 30 provinces 30
Map 3: Administrative division of Burkina Faso into 45 provinces 31
Map 4: Mean annual rainfall (1960-1986 period) 33
Map 5 : International catchment areas 36
Map 6 : Phytogeographic territories 38
Map 7: Types of vegetation (according to MELTING J., DIALLO A., OMPAORE J. TO, 1995 41
Map 8 : Means of communication 45
Map 9 : Population density by district and by km2 (INSD, 1985 census) 47
Map 10 : Hydrographic network and dams 78
Map 11 : Classified natural formations 80
Map 12 : The extent of occupation of farmlands 93
FOREWORD
Biological diversity is the unique capital for the survival of humanity. It maintains life on land thanks to its ecological roles and as a supplier of subsistence products for living beings. Biological diversity also contributes to the regulation and harmonisation of national, regional and international social rapports, thanks to its scientific, technological, sociological, cultural and educational uses.
Unfortunately nowadays, the constituent elements of the main components of biological diversity, notably ecosystems, animal and plant species and genes, disappear at a rhythm that compromises the obligation made to all generations to bequeath this heritage in good state to future generations.
This first national monograph on the biological diversity of Burkina Faso globally aims at collecting and analysing ecological, biological, economic and social data that will permit to circumscribe the framework in which the development of the National Strategy and Plan of action concerning biological diversity must be undertaken.
In this view, the present document presents, first of all, a state of the art on the biological diversity in Burkina Faso, notably on the knowledge of its constituent elements, the scheduling of its management, the economic aspects that ensues and the threats that weigh on it, and next, draws up the important options able to encourage its conservation and sustainable use. This document draws up the existing potentialities and the major preoccupations of Burkina Faso in the matter of national biological diversity. It is the synthesis of nineteen (19) sectorial thematic studies on questions related to biological diversity and its support, which have been examined through broad discussions.
With its two (2) appendices, one on the systematic list of indexed species and the other on parameters pertaining to these species, the present national monograph is, in our sense, a strong instrument of information, education and orientation of actors and users of biological diversity, for the perpetuation, while doing the harmonious integration of actions related to natural resources, of the preliminary conditions to reach the objective of sustainable human development.
We count on the commitment and determination of all, to reverse the deteriorating tendency of the biological heritage of Burkina Faso.
OUAGADOUGOU, FEBRUARY 1999,
Salif DIALLO
MINISTER OF STATE
MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
BDPA : Agricultural Production Development Office
BF : Burkina Faso
BUNASOL : National Soils Office
CAP : Certificate of Professional Aptitude
CES/AGF : Conservation of Waters and Soils/Agro-Forestry
CES/DRS : Conservation of Waters and Soils/Defence and Restoration of Soils
CFD : French Development Fund
CIEH : Inter - States Committee for Hydraulic Study
CILSS : Inter - States Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
CIRAD : International Centre for Research in Agronomy for Development
CIRDES : International Centre for Research Development of Animal Rearing in
Humid Zones
CIRP : International Council for Phytogenetic Resources
CNDA : National Centre for Agricultural Documentation
CNRST : National Centre for Scientific and Technological Research
CNSF : National Centre for Forest Seeds
CONAGESE : National Council for Environmental Management
CRPA : Regional Centre for Agro - Pastoral Promotion
CRTO : Regional Remote Sensing Centre of Ouagadougou
DNA : Deoxyribonucleic acid
DOET : Directorate of the Organisation of Traditional Animal Rearing
DPIA : Directorate of Animal Production and Industries
DRARA : Regional Directorates of Agriculture and Animal Resources
DSA : Agricultural Services Directorate
EU : European Union
FAO : United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation
F CFA : Franc of the African Financial Community
FED : European Development Fund
FEM : Global Environment Fund (French Acronym)
GEF : Global Environment Fund
GEPRENAF : Participatory Management of Natural Resources and Fauna
ICRAF : International Centre for Agro-Forestry Research
ICRISAT : International Centre for Research on Crops of Semi-arid
Tropical Zones
IDR : Rural Development Institute
IEMVT : Institute of Animal Rearing and Tropical Veterinary Medicine
IGN : National Geographic Institute (in France)
INERA : Environmental and Agricultural Research Institute (ex
Survey and Agricultural Research Institute)
INSD : National Statistical and Demography Institute
IITA : International Institute for Tropical Agriculture
IPD/AOS : Pan-African Institute for Development/ West Africa Sahel
IRAT : Institute for Tropical Agronomic Research
IRBET : Institute for Research in Tropical Biology and Ecology
MARA : Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources
MAT : Ministry of Territorial administration (Ministry of Interior)
MEE : Ministry of Environment and Water
ORSTOM : French Institute of Scientific Research for Development in Cooperation
OCCGE : Organisation for Cooperation and Fight Against Important
Endemic Diseases
OCDE : Organisation for Cooperation and Economic Development
ONAT : National office of Soil Development
ONG : Non-Governmental Organisation
ORANA : Organisation for Research on African Food and Nutrition
ORD : Regional Development Organisation
OXFAM : Oxford Committee for Famine Relief (NGO for struggle against famine)
PANE : National Environmental Action Plan
PDAV : Village Agriculture Development Project
PDRI/HKM : Integrated Rural Development Project /Houet-Kossi-Mouhoun
PNB : Gross National Product
PNGT : National Programme for Soil Management
PNUD : United Nations Development Programme
PNUE : United Nations Environmental Programme
RAF : Agrarian and Land Reorganisation
SIG : Geographic Information System
SOPAL : Alcohols and Liqueurs Production Company
SOSUCO : Sugar Company of Comoé
SPA : Provincial Services of Agriculture
SATEC : Technical Assistance and Cooperation Company
UICN : International Union for Nature
UO : University of Ouagadougou
USAID : United States Agency for International Development
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