Country study Burkina Faso 
Biodiversity 

Appendix 3 : Characteristics of noticeable humid zones of Burkina Faso

Sites	Description	Commentaries	Criteria
1. Béli	Rivers and natural ponds	Sensitive site but with low biological diversity	S
2. Oursi et Yemboli	Natural ponds	Rich ornithology, sites with fragile ecology due to pastorale pressure	B, E, S
3. Banh	Flooding and manure spreading zone	Threatened by the dam and pressure of migrants	B, E, S
4. Sourou	Dam with irrigation-farming development	Natural habitat in course of change by irrigation-farming developments (rice-farming and others) - to be supervised	E, S
5. Ziga	Rivers with a dam project	Risk of changing a habitat of ecological value	S
6. Ouagadougou	Urban dams; site being part of the drainage network of the town	Risk of urban/industrial pollution of these dams and classified forest	S
7. Grand Balé	Rivers in a national park	Site rich biological diversity (big mammals)	B
8. Bagré	Dam with hydro-electic and irrigation farming	Risk changing the habitat	E
9. Arly (Pendjari)	Rivers in the national park	Site with rich biological diversity (hippopotamuses, birds)	B
10. Parc W	Rivers in the national park (Pendjari and Mekrou)	Site with rich biological diversity not yet catalogued	B
11. Bala	Hippopotamus ponds and flooding zone in a reserve of the Biosphere	Site with rich biological diversity (hippopotamuses)	B, T
12. Nazinga	Rivers with many dams in the ranch	Site with rich biological diversity (mammals, birds, flora)	B, T
13. Guinguette	Zone of Artois sources	Forest gallery (ligneous), site rich in biological diversity (fishes), tourist overexploitation, damage of the banks	B, S, T
14. Tengréla	Natural lakes near the cascades	Forest gallery (ligneous), site riche in biological diversity (fishes)	B, T
15. N'Dionkélé-Foulasso	Flooding zone	Site with rich biological diversity Rice-growing, risk of changing the habitat	B, E
16. Sabou	Developed ponds	Site with rich biological diversity (crocodiles)	T
17. Lenga	Rivers and flooding zone	Site with rich biological diversity (hippopotamuses), destabilized by the Bagré dam	T
18. Bam	Natural lake	Diverse crops	E

Source : UICN - BURKINA, 1994, in OUADBA,1997.

Key:
B = Site with rich biological diversity
E = Economic site (development of irrigation-farming, etc.)
S = Sensitive site
T = Tourist site