BURURI November 3rd (ABP) – The provincial authorities launched, Tuesday, October 30, 2023, the project called “Initiative of the provincial authority and the local community for the protection of Mount Ganza, in the Vyanda commune”.]
The governor’s chief of staff, Mr. Juvent Ndayikeza, said that Mount Ganza is full of a multitude of riches, unfortunately it is threatened by bush fires observed every year, landslides, and exploitation. illicit wealth.
The provincial administration has approved that it is urgent to protect the surrounding populations against those scourges and to restore all the ecosystem services of Mount Ganza including water, birds, primates and other mammals and to empower local communities to do so. protect.
Mount Ganza has an altitude of 1600 meters with an area of 1868 hectares. Protecting that space would increase the rate of environmental coverage and attract tourists. The bridges and tracks which connect the Buruhukiro Zone of the commune of Rumonge to that of Gitsiro, via Mount Ganza, will be built to facilitate the movement of people and goods.
It should be noted that the Bururi province intends to protect four sites including the mountains of Kibimbi, Inanzerwe, Ngabwe and Ganza.