Kenya Forest Service


The Kenya Forest Service is an agency of the Government of Kenya designated by the Forest Act of 2005 as the replacement for the old Forest Department. It is overseen by the Board of the Kenya Forest Service. The former Forest Department was supported almost entirely from forest revenues, and was, as a result, chronically underfunded. Under the 2005 Forest Act this has changed somewhat, with for example, the creation of special funds such as the Water Towers Conservation Fund, a portion of which goes to forest rehabilitation, and the Mau Rehabilitation Trust Fund, for the Mau Forest., Kenya had 1.57 million hectares of gazetted forest.

Mission

Among the responsibilities of the Kenya Forest Service are to:
The Kenya Forest Service has begun issuing management plans for individual forests. Plans are in effect for: