Institutional Governance
KFS mandate, NFMS-FIP governance, roles, coordination and reporting arrangements.
Kenya Forest Service Mandate
The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) was established by the Forest Act 2005 and continues under the Forest Conservation and Management Act 2016 as the body responsible for the conservation, development and sustainable management of Kenya's forests.
- Leads most NFMS monitoring and data management functions and hosts this Forest Information Platform.
- Manages public forests and public plantation forests, with Community Forest Associations through participatory forest management.
- REDD+ implementing institution: restoration, plantation productivity and protection of existing forest under the National REDD+ Strategy.
- Contributes forest data to the national GHG inventory, the Forest Reference Level and REDD+ results.
Source: National REDD+ Strategy, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, December 2021; National Forest Monitoring System document (2021); Country Approach to Safeguards and Safeguards Information System, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, December 2021.