In order to meet environmental challenges, Burundi has acquired legal tools for managing the environment in general and natural resources in particular. In relation to biodiversity, the most important tools include the Constitution of the Republic of Burundi, the Constitution of the Republic of Burundi, the Environmental Code, the Environmental Code, law no. 1/02 of 26 March 2012 on the Burundi Water Code, law no. 1/02 of 26 March 2012 on the Burundi Water Code, law no. 1/17 of 10 September 2011 on the trade of wild fauna and flora, the law no. 1/08 of 23 April 2012 on the organization of seed sector, Decree-Law No. 1/033 of 30 June 1993 on the protection of plants in Burundi, the Decree Law No. 1/033 of 30 June 1993 -law no. 1/033 of 30 June 1993 on the protection of plants in Burundi, Decree-Law no. 1/6 of 30 March 1980 on the creation of national parks and natural reserves in Burundi etc. Moreover, Burundi has also adopted several policy documents, strategies and programs in which environmental issues are taken into account without, however, giving more space and in a specific way to biodiversity. Only the Ministries in charge of the Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock deal with biodiversity issues and again in isolation.

At the international level, Burundi has ratified a number of international treaties relating to biodiversity such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and its protocols (Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols), the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the Convention on Wetlands, the Convention on Wetlands, the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, the International Plant Protection Convention, the Convention for the Protection of Migratory Species, the Convention of United Nations on Combating Desertification etc. The aim of ratifying these conventions is to join other country Parties in order not to commit acts contrary to the objectives or the raison d'être of these conventions.