Data submission guidelines and procedure
How data providers upload datasets and metadata, and how they are validated, reviewed, approved and published.
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Documents
Policies and laws, manuals and guidelines, and technical documents.
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Policies and laws, manuals and guidelines, and technical documents behind the Kenya NFMS-FIP.
Kenya Forest Service Quality Policy Statement (ISO 9001:2015)
KFS commitments to a Quality Management System, including maintaining an updated forest information system for decision making and dissemination.
NFMS data standards and interoperability
Standards the portal follows for data, metadata, services and APIs, and their status.
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NFMS definitions, classification systems and data dictionary
Forest definition, forest strata, land-use categories and abbreviations used across the NFMS.
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NFMS-FIP Metadata Template
The metadata every dataset needs: identification, spatial, data quality, distribution and maintenance (ISO 19115).
NFMS/FIP Data Sharing Protocol, version 1.0 (draft)
How institutions share, manage and use forest and land data on the platform: roles, access levels, metadata, validation, data privacy and ownership. Takes effect when approved by the Principal Secretary.
Kenya REDD+ Registry (public view)
Registered REDD+ activities, verified emission reductions and carbon credits.
Kenya's Second Nationally Determined Contribution (2031–2035)
Kenya's climate commitment to the UNFCCC: 35% below business as usual by 2035, USD 56 billion of mitigation and adaptation actions, including tree cover and REDD+.
National Mangrove Ecosystem Restoration Guidelines (2025)
Status of Kenya's 61,271 ha of mangroves, drivers of degradation by county, a step-by-step restoration procedure, planting densities, monitoring indicators and reporting.
Kenya Forest Service Strategic Plan 2023–2027
Mandate, vision and mission; four key result areas and eleven strategic objectives, including raising tree cover from 12.13% to 21.03% by 2027; implementation matrix, KSh 202 billion financing need and the monitoring framework.
Kenya's Third National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Document 1990–2022
National inventory report submitted to the UNFCCC with Kenya's first Biennial Transparency Report: emissions and removals for all sectors, land-use change matrices, emission factors, QA/QC and the improvement plan.
2021 National Forest Resources Assessment: county figures
Forest cover (8.83%), tree cover (12.13%), canopy density, land use and forest types for Kenya and all 47 counties, mapped from WorldView very high-resolution imagery.
2021 used WorldView imagery; all other years used Landsat (30 m), so 2021 is not directly comparable with 2010–2018.
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Kenya's Safeguards Information System (Country Approach to Safeguards)
The seven Cancun safeguards, Kenya's interpretation and indicators, and how REDD+ implementers report.
National Forest Monitoring System in the Republic of Kenya, Version 1 (Draft)
Design of Kenya's NFMS: institutional arrangements, forest definitions and stratification, land monitoring, forest inventory, MRV, safeguards and data management.
Content is in the portal (About NFMS, Definitions, MRV); the PDF will be added when cleared for publication.
ReportView in portal
National REDD+ Strategy
Drivers of deforestation and degradation, the five strategic options, institutional arrangements and MRV for REDD+ in Kenya.
Technical Manual for Land Cover Change Mapping in Kenya
Methods for producing Kenya's land cover / land use maps and change matrices.
Copy available from KFS on request.
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Climate Change Act, 2016
Framework for climate change response; requires public entities to report on greenhouse gas emissions and sets up the Climate Change Directorate.
Field Manual for Biophysical Forest Resources Assessment in Kenya
Standard field methods for forest inventory plots and tree measurements.
Copy available from KFS on request.
ManualView in portal
Forest Conservation and Management Act, 2016
Gives effect to Article 69 of the Constitution on forest resources: development, conservation and sustainable use of all forest resources.
National Forest Programme 2016–2030
Programme strategies that serve as provisional REDD+ policies and measures.
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Forest Policy, 2014
Aligns forestry with the Constitution of Kenya 2010, Vision 2030 and devolved government.
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Constitution of Kenya, 2010
Article 69: the State shall work to achieve and maintain tree cover of at least 10% of the land area of Kenya.
Source: Kenya Forest Service, NFMS-FIP Secretariat.