From March 7 to April 6, 2016, the student MUNYENTWARI Pascal 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 HITIMANA Mathias, Assistant at the University of Burundi and Msc. NZIGIDAHERA Benoît from OBPE.

In accordance with the statutes and regulations governing the new BMB system, the University of Burundi has set aside in its program an internship period for students in order to strengthen theoretical courses and help them better integrate into professional life. It is within this framework that the present course was organized.

The work began by contacting the head of the biodiversity research department at OBPE. Working arrangements were defined before starting the work itself. The objective of this course was to determine the seagrass beds from the Kumoso Depression: the case of the Malagarazi Reserve and the Gisagara Protected Landscape preserved at the OBPE.

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 collected. The latter have been preserved in newspaper papers. It was an opportunity to learn about the content of the LEM sheets and to create your own herbariums. 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 in order to confirm the results found. It should be noted that, even though the internship lasted only one month, its results are of great scientific importance.