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Burkina Faso country profile

Burkina Faso country profile

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Updated: June 3, 2008, 8:14 pm
This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Lakhdar Boukerrou

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An old mosque at Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, built in 1880. Africa has a glorious past – and it can claim the future. (Source: C. Cossalter/CIFOR) An old mosque at Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, built in 1880. Africa has a glorious past – and it can claim the future. (Source: C. Cossalter/CIFOR)

  1. General overview
  2. Water in Burkina Faso
  3. Energy in Burkina Faso
  4. Human Development Index
  5. National parks and preserves:
    1. Tassili N'Ajjer National Park
  6. Ecoregions:
    1. Sahelian Acacia savanna
    2. West Sudanian savanna

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Citation

Maggie Surface (Lead Author);Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor) "Burkina Faso country profile". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 3, 2008; Last revised Date June 3, 2008; Retrieved May 22, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Burkina_Faso_country_profile>

The Author

Maggie SurfaceMaggie Surface, originally from Nashville, TN, graduated in May of 2007 from Allegheny College with a double B.S. in physics and environmental studies. Her senior thesis at Allegheny focused on bringing solar energy to campus. She interned with American Rivers in the summer of 2006, helping plan River Lobby Day, and with the Meadville Area Local Growers and the Meadville Redevelopment Authority in the summer of 2005. Maggie served as the Earth Portal Program Coordinator for the National Counc ... (Full Bio)

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