Policies & Legal Framework
Forest, environment, climate and data laws, policies and regulations.
Forest Conservation and Management Act
- Forest Act Cap 385 (1969): supported the 1968 policy.
- Forest Act No. 7 of 2005 (effective 2007): provided for managing forests outside public land and for community and private sector participation in forest management.
- Constitution of Kenya 2010: new structures for natural resource management, stakeholder participation and benefit sharing.
- Forest Conservation and Management Act, 2016: gives effect to Article 69 of the Constitution on forest resources and provides for the development, conservation and rational, sustainable use of all forest resources.
Source: Ministry of Environment and Forestry, National Forest Monitoring System in the Republic of Kenya, Version 1 (Draft), February 2021. Chapter 1, Milestones in forest sector legislation.