Kenya denies Mau Forest Land transfer to Dutch Project
Kenya: Kenya Forest Service (KFS) seeks to make a clarification on an article appearing in a section of the press alleging the Government intends to give out 60,000 hectares of…
Kenya Forestry Stakeholders converge for environmental audit of forest plantations
Kenya: Public participation is a key component in undertaking environmental audits of forest plantation management within specific forest ecosystems. All forest plantations are issued with Environmental Impact Assessment certificates and,…
Kenya Forest Rangers: Guardians of Conservation and Protection
Kenya: Forest Rangers play an integral part in forest conservation and management because they guard existing forests and protect newly established ones from damage, especially by human activities.
Kenya KFS Senior management meets to strategise on forest management
Kenya: Kenya Forest Service (KFS) senior management team is meeting for a two day working retreat to harmonise their various forest management programmes and discuss best practices in the sector.
Kenya Forest Service optimizes forest plantations for profit and sustainability
Kenya: Forest Plantations comprise six percent of Kenya’s gazetted forest estate, and the exotic tree species have a rotation period of 25 to 30 years, after which, if they are…
Kenya Forest Service hosts consultation meeting on blue carbon conservation
Kenya: The Kenya Forest Service hosted a high level consultation meeting on Going Blue focusing on mainstreaming blue carbon conservation and associated habitats into coastal development programmes.
Kenya Forest CFA signs Participatory Forest Management Plan
Kenya: The Service and Kirisia/Leroghi Community Forest Associations (CFA) have signed Participatory Forest Management Plan (PFMP) and Forest Management Agreement (FMA) in an event presided over by the Principal Secretary…
Kenya Green Zones Development Support Project hosts workshop
Kenya: Green Zones Development Support Project(GZDSP II) hosted a workshop in Naivasha on the Project's Environmental and Social Audit Report Findings. The audit, which is done annually as part of…