Data Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC)
Validation, spatial quality checks, field verification, error correction and checklists.
Quality Control Checklists
Planned improvements for the land sector (NID 2024)
The inventory sets out what Kenya will improve in the next reports. All high-priority land-sector actions were pending at the time of submission and depend on funding.
| Land | Improvement | Priority | Responsible | Resources | Timing | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest land | Implement a National Forest Inventory for site-specific emission factors by stratum and sub-stratum, more sample points and lower uncertainty | High | SDF, KFS, KEFRI | USD 5,000,000 | Long term (depends on funds) | Pending |
| All land | Systematic sampling grid with more interpreted samples across the whole reporting period (activity data) | High | SDF, KFS, DRSRS | USD 1,000,000 per land category | Medium term (depends on funds) | Pending |
| All land | Recalculate backwards for the whole country with Sample-Based Area Estimation, to cover 1990–2000 | High | SDF, KFS, DRSRS | Capacity building and funds | Medium term, from 2025 | Pending |
| Forest land | System to collect harvested wood product data (instantaneous oxidation may exaggerate deforestation emissions) | High | SDF, KFS | Funds | Long term, from 2025 | Pending |
| Forest land | Monitor non-CO₂ emissions: CH₄ from mangrove soils and decomposition, N₂O and CH₄ from forest fires | High | KEMFRI, KFS, SDF | USD 800,000 | Long term, from 2025 | Pending |
| Forest land | Monitor private plantations like public plantations: georeference them, track change, develop species- or site-specific factors | — | — | — | — | Proposed (Table 6-6) |
| Cropland | Better emission factors for perennial crops (above- and below-ground biomass, annual increment) | High | — | USD 5,000,000 | Long term | Pending |
| Grassland | Country-specific factors for wooded and open grassland | High | — | USD 5,000,000 | Long term | Pending |
| Settlements | Emission factors for treed settlements | High | SDF, KFS, KEFRI | USD 5,000,000 | Long term | Pending |
Wetlands, settlements and other land have the same systematic-grid and recalculation actions as cropland and grassland.
Source: Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Kenya's Third National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Document 1990–2022, December 2024 (Kenya’s national inventory report to the UNFCCC). Table 6-6 and Annex I.