Publications

Forest cover by county, 2010–2018

Kenya Forest Service · 2026

Forest cover for all 47 counties, 2010–2018, from Landsat with Random Forest classification and validation; interactive county profiles with charts and maps.

Kenya's Second Nationally Determined Contribution (2031–2035)

Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry · 2025

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)

Kenya Forest Service · 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

Kenya Forest Service · April 2024

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

Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry · December 2024

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

Kenya Forest Service · 2021

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.

National Forest Monitoring System in the Republic of Kenya, Version 1 (Draft)

Ministry of Environment and Forestry · February 2021

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.

National REDD+ Strategy

Ministry of Environment and Forestry · December 2021

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

Ministry of Environment and Forestry (SLEEK) · 2019

Methods for producing Kenya's land cover / land use maps and change matrices.

Copy available from KFS on request.

The National Forest Reference Level for REDD+ Implementation

Ministry of Environment and Forestry · December 2019

Kenya's FRL submission to the UNFCCC: historical emissions and removals from deforestation, degradation, sustainable management and enhancement of forest carbon stocks, 2002–2018.

Figures and charts are in the portal; the PDF will be added when cleared for publication.

Field Manual for Biophysical Forest Resources Assessment in Kenya

Kenya Forest Service (IC-FRA) · 2016

Standard field methods for forest inventory plots and tree measurements.

Copy available from KFS on request.