Appendix 3 : Characteristics of noticeable humid zones of Burkina Faso
| Release date | 16/02/2010 |
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| Contributor | Norbert Sidibe |
| 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
