Burundi Post issued the stamp series feature monkey species on March 15, 2011. The issues are consist of three single postage stamps and one gorillas-shaped souvenir sheet.
The uncontrolled cutting of trees for fuel-wood, coupled with agricultural clearing and grazing lands has resulted in nearly complete deforestation of this country . The serious loss of land has effected wildlife severely.
Widespread ethnic civil war and the subsequent collapse of government conservation efforts further reduced forest areas and resulted in increased poaching of wildlife.
Due to habitat destruction, gorillas and elephants are extinct in Burundi and virtually all wildlife is threatened.
