From March 7 to April 6, 2016, the student MUHOZA Ezéchiël from the University of Burundi, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, 3rd Baccalaureate completed a training course at the Burundian Office for Environmental Protection (OBPE). The supervision of this internship was provided by Dr. NDAYISHIMIYE Joël, professor at the University of Burundi and Msc. NZIGIDAHERA Benoît from OBPE.

Rusizi National Park. The activities started with the contact with the head of the biodiversity research department at OBPE. It was a question of presenting the material on which we will work during the internship.

Mars

On March 29, 2016, the intern student carried out a field visit to the Palmeraie sector of Kibira National Park during which some plant species were harvested. The latter were preserved in newspaper papers by pressing them with metal presses to facilitate identification.

The samples of the species collected were dried. After drying, the intern moved on to their determination. During this determination, the OBPE herbarium and that of the University of Burundi were consulted to confirm the results. Even if its duration was short, the internship reinforced the theoretical knowledge learned during the academic course.