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The Burundi 2025 vision is a planning instrument for long-term economic and social development which will guide national policies in the area of sustainable development, with a view to satisfying the needs of present and future generations, while the growth and poverty reduction strategy paper aims, inter alia, at land and environmental management for sustainable development

Burundi supports all resolutions in favour of the restoration of damaged telecommunication networks and services in countries affected by natural disasters, earthquakes, landslides, droughts, hurricanes, cyclones, floods and any other forms of damage caused by current climate changes

The aim of the authorities is to support the exploration, exploitation and processing of mineral resources, while safeguarding the environment, among other things, through the strengthening of technological capacity and education and training on environmental issues

Since 2003, Burundi has benefited from several technical assistance and capacity building programmes, including aid directed mainly to supporting infrastructure for production, road construction, agriculture and the environment

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Planning is responsible for policy, including the promotion of private and public investment, whose objectives include improving infrastructures, creating a sound industrial base and developing natural resources

An authorization is required from the national body responsible for implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

There is a ban on the import of certain products into Burundi pursuant to the second annex to the EAC Customs Management Act (joint report, Chapter III(2)(vii)), applying, inter alia, to ozone-depleting substances

As a party to CITES, it prohibits ivory exports

The objective of Burundian agricultural policy is food security (in quantity and quality) by switching from subsistence farming to family and commercial farming that offers a decent income for households and shows respect for the environment and the proper management of resources in order to stimulate sustainable development in the agricultural sector

Government policy consists, firstly, in increasing the forest cover, following a period of accelerated deforestation between 1993 and 1997, since forestry and agro-forestry subsector plays an important role in water and soil conservation and ensures the maintenance of biodiversity and the environmental water balance