Data submission guidelines and procedure
How data providers upload datasets and metadata, and how they are validated, reviewed, approved and published.
Web pageOpen
Documents
Policies and laws, manuals and guidelines, and technical documents.
Manuals & Guidelines
NFMS data standards and interoperability
Standards the portal follows for data, metadata, services and APIs, and their status.
Web pageOpen
NFMS-FIP Metadata Template
The metadata every dataset needs: identification, spatial, data quality, distribution and maintenance (ISO 19115).
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.
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.
ManualView in portal
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
Source: Kenya Forest Service, NFMS-FIP Secretariat.