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Forest Alerts & Verification

Near-real-time disturbance alerts and how they are verified.

Open Forest Alerts & Verification

Alert Verification

Open Alert Verification

Alerts from JJ-FAST and NRTFAS are verified on the ground by KFS rangers using a Survey123 application on a smartphone or tablet. Rangers also report incidents such as deforestation and fire found on patrol or reported by residents.

Each field report records: conservancy, county and station; location (automatic); forest type (natural or planted); location characteristics; incident type (logging, fire and so on); information source (ranger, residents and so on); on-site action; photograph; reporter name and signature.

Reports are summarised on a dashboard: total incidents, incidents per county, share by incident type, and a map where each point opens its report.

Source: Ministry of Environment and Forestry, National Forest Monitoring System in the Republic of Kenya, Version 1 (Draft), February 2021. Chapter 5.3.3.