Republic of KenyaKenya Forest ServiceKenya NFMS-FIPNational Forest Monitoring System – Forest Information PlatformHealthy Forests • Resilient Ecosystems • People and Nature • Data for Action

Institutional Governance

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

Inter-Agency Coordination

The REDD+ Coordination Unit coordinates implementation and inter-agency collaboration and oversees the Technical Working Groups. Partner institutions share data with the platform under the Data Sharing Protocol, each through a designated Data Steward.

The NFMS was developed by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the Kenya Forest Service with technical support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the SLEEK programme (with DRSRS and KFS for land cover mapping) and the IC-FRA project (NFI methodology).

  • Kenya Forest Service (KFS): lead for most monitoring and data management functions; hosts the NFMS secretariat
  • Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoE&F): policies and measures; REDD+ and A/R CDM projects
  • SLEEK programme: land cover / land use maps
  • Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI)
  • Directorate of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing (DRSRS)
  • Survey of Kenya
  • Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and other universities, including Karatina and Dedan Kimathi
  • Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)
  • National Museums of Kenya (NMK)
  • World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
  • Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD)
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • The National Treasury (budget support for the FIP)

Source: Ministry of Environment and Forestry, National Forest Monitoring System in the Republic of Kenya, Version 1 (Draft), February 2021. Acknowledgements and Chapter 7.

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