This Functional Framework is established for the landscape restoration and resilience project that the Government of Burundi proposes to implement with the support of the World Bank. The Environmental and Social Management Framework notes that this project is classified in category B of the World Bank and that the implementation of component 3 relating to “Improving the management of protected areas and natural reserves”, could trigger Operational Policy (PO) 4.12 on involuntary resettlement without causing the physical displacement of populations; but rather lead to restrictions on the access of populations to certain natural resources present in the RNFB, the PNK and pNRU, with negative consequences on the livelihoods of those affected. With this in mind, the present Functional Framework for the sustainable management of these protected areas was developed.

The Functional Framework aims to ensure that project activities comply with the World Bank's social safeguard policies, in particular the PO 4.12 policy on involuntary resettlement. Its development followed a largely participatory process with the consultation of stakeholders including local administrative authorities, local technical services, associations, private economic operators and local communities. The purpose of this consultation was to gather the views of actors on the problems and constraints related to the identification and concerted management of RNFB, PNKs, PNRu and the restrictions on people's access to resources in these protected areas. Restrictions on access to some