In January and July, the Burundian Association for the Protection of Nature (ABN) has been organizing waterbird counts since 2005 but in 2009, due to the lack of both human and financial resources, this activity was interrupted. In January 2013, these counts were resumed thanks to the training of new counters from ABN, the Burundian Office for Environmental Protection (OBPE) and the University of Burundi (UB), by Mr. Nagy Szabolcs from Wetlands International. But the lack of financial resources did not allow coverage of all the key sites selected in Burundi. Only part of the Rusizi National Park (NP) was covered until 2015.

With the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary at the global level; the months of January and February 2016, the ABN was supported by Wetlands International and the coverage was almost total in Burundi.

The sites covered are: Lake Dogodogo (Cibitoke), the northern lakes namely lakes Cohoha, Rweru, Rwihinda (Kirundo), Ruvubu NP (Cankuzo), Kibira NP (Kayanza), Kibira NP (Kayanza), Marsh of Malagarazi (Kayanza), Marsh of Malagarazi (Rutana), Marsh of Malagarazi (Rutana), NP de la Ruvubu (Cankuzo), PN de la Kibira (Kayanza), NP de la Kibira (Kayanza), NP de la Kibira (Kayanza), Marsh of Malagarazi (Rutana), Marsh of Malagarazi (Rutana), NP de la Ruvubu (Can

The following lines take us to visit the various sites and tell us about the successes with regard to the species counted in these sites despite barriers such as rain and the lack of resources and finally the recommendations.