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Institutional Governance

KFS mandate, NFMS-FIP governance, roles, coordination and reporting arrangements.

County and Forest Station Responsibilities

Each County Government designates a Data Steward to coordinate the submission and updating of county-level forest, land use, restoration and related environmental data, with metadata and validation, in line with the Data Sharing Protocol. The Council of Governors is a party to the Protocol.

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