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Data Governance & Sharing

Ownership, classification and access, sharing protocol, agreements, privacy and archiving.

Inter-Agency Data-Sharing Agreements

Parties to the Data Sharing Protocol (22)
  • Kenya Forest Service (KFS)Platform custodian, NFMS/FIP Secretariat and lead implementing agency
  • Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI)Government
  • Directorate of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing (DRSRS)Government
  • Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD)Government
  • National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)Government
  • Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)Government
  • Kenya Space Agency (KSA)Government
  • Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)Government
  • Water Resources Authority (WRA)Government
  • Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)Government
  • National Land Commission (NLC)Government
  • Survey of Kenya (SoK)Government
  • Wildlife Research and Training Institute (WRTI)Government
  • Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime AffairsGovernment
  • Council of Governors (CoG) and County GovernmentsEach county designates a Data Steward for county forest, land use and restoration data
  • Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD)Regional and international
  • International research and development organisationsRegional and international
  • Universities and academic institutionsResearch and academia
  • Kenya Tea Development Agency Management Services (KTDA-MS)NGOs, communities and private sector
  • NGOs and conservation organisationsNGOs, communities and private sector
  • Community and private sector actorsNGOs, communities and private sector
  • Any other institution generating relevant forest and land dataNGOs, communities and private sector

Every participating institution, including each County Government, designates a Data Steward. Institutions may add supplementary data-sharing agreements or MoUs for specific datasets.

Where needed, institutions may sign supplementary data-sharing agreements, MoUs or other arrangements for specific datasets, licences, confidentiality, intellectual property or operational matters. These must be consistent with the Protocol and must not limit interoperability.

Source: Draft NFMS/FIP Data Sharing Protocol, version 1.0, Kenya Forest Service and State Department for Forestry (July 2026).