The state of play of the protection of protected areas and their biodiversity; current actions; challenges;... Ir. Berchmans Hatungimana, Director General of the Burundian Office for Environmental Protection (OBPE) speaks. He also discusses the threats posed by these assets. Overall, the environmental protection situation is good. Because, at the OBPE level, we are working on all the threats, even those of other forests that we are called upon to preserve. But there is still work to be done because the threats are still there.