A report on the national mercury inventory of sources of production, consumption and mercury-containing waste in the environment of Burkina Faso, written by Desiree Ouedraogo, the National Coordinator of the mercury project in Burkina Faso. This report was also presented during the Inception Workshop for the Project "Management of Mercury and Mercury-Containing Waste"; which took place on April 4-6 2009 in Siem Reap, Cambodia.