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Compliance & Accountability

Compliance reports, monitoring and evaluation, accountability, corrective actions and reviews.

Corrective and Preventive Actions

When an institution does not meet the Protocol

  • The Secretariat notifies the institution of the gaps
  • Technical assistance is offered
  • A corrective action plan and timeline are agreed
  • Unresolved matters are referred to the REDD+ Coordination Unit and, where necessary, the National REDD+ Advisory Board

Dispute resolution

1
Technical Working GroupsTechnical disputes
2
REDD+ Coordination UnitMatters the Working Groups cannot resolve
3
National REDD+ Advisory BoardFinal arbitration
Where a REDD+ grievance can be taken
  1. Community and project level

    Complaints raised with the REDD+ implementer, CFA or county office through the Feedback, Grievance and Redress Mechanism (FGRM)

  2. Commission on Administrative Justice (Ombudsman)

    Complaints about public bodies and officers

  3. National Environment Complaints Committee (NECC)

    Environmental complaints

  4. National Environment Tribunal (NET)

    Disputes over NEMA and Forest Conservation and Management Act decisions

  5. Environment and Land Court

    Appeals and land and environment disputes

  6. High Court

    Enforcement of constitutional rights; under Article 70 anyone may seek enforcement of the right to a clean environment without showing loss

Most complaints should be resolved at the first level; the courts are the last resort. Safeguards indicators 2f and 2g require the mechanism to be functional, accessible and fair.

Source: Draft NFMS/FIP Data Sharing Protocol, version 1.0, Kenya Forest Service and State Department for Forestry (July 2026); Country Approach to Safeguards and Safeguards Information System, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, December 2021.