The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Government of Burundi through the Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock (MINEAGRIE), along with the actors involved, validated, on Thursday, August 22, 2024, National Environmental Policy and National Forest Strategy documents. These two documents prepared and validated thanks to funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through the IAP-FS project are highly anticipated instruments to ensure the sustainable management of natural resources and the global environment in order to improve the well-being of the population.

The validation of the National Environmental Policy and National Forest Strategy is the penultimate step in integrating these documents into the regulatory arsenal of tools for the promotion and protection of forests and the environment. Both documents will be submitted to the Council of Government Ministers for adoption prior to their implementation.