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.
Documents
Policies and laws, manuals and guidelines, and technical documents.
Policies & Laws
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'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+.
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.
National REDD+ Strategy
Drivers of deforestation and degradation, the five strategic options, institutional arrangements and MRV for REDD+ in Kenya.
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.
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.
ProgrammeView in portal
Forest Policy, 2014
Aligns forestry with the Constitution of Kenya 2010, Vision 2030 and devolved government.
PolicyView in portal
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.