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The '''Kenya Forest Service''' is an agency of the [[Government of Kenya]] designated by the Forest Act of 2005<ref>{{Citation |author=Parliament of Kenya |chapter=Supplement No. 88: Forest Act, 2005 (Act No. 7 of 2005) |date=29 November 2005 |title=Kenya Gazette |publisher=Government of Kenya |location=Nairobi |pages=229&ndash;305 |url=http://www.kenyaforestservice.org/images/MMMB/forests%20act%20no.7%20of%202005.pdf |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/69lvFlQ63?url=http://www.kenyaforestservice.org/images/MMMB/forests_act_no.7_of_2005.pdf |archivedate=8 August 2012 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> as the replacement for the old Forest Department.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Nelson, Peter|year=2007|title=Strategic Environmental Assrssment of the Kenya Forets Act 2005|publisher=The World Bank|url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTRANETENVIRONMENT/Resources/244351-1222272730742/KenyaForestESWFullReportWeb.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807035917/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTRANETENVIRONMENT/Resources/244351-1222272730742/KenyaForestESWFullReportWeb.pdf|archivedate=7 August 2012|deadurl=no|display-authors=etal}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Mbugua-2003">{{Cite book|author=Mbugua, David K.|year=2003|title=The forest revenue system and government expenditure on forestry in Kenya|publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)|location=Rome|url=ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/008/af165e/af165e00.pdf}}</ref> Under the 2005 Forest Act this has changed somewhat, with for example, the creation of special funds such as the Water Towers Conservation Fund,<ref>{{Cite news|author=Njagih, Moses|date=20 August 2010|title=Special fund to restore water towers created|newspaper=Standard Digital|url=http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000016135&story_title=Special-fund-to-restore-water-towers-created|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808220640/http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000016135&story_title=Special-fund-to-restore-water-towers-created|archivedate=8 August 2012|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Kenya Minister for Finance|title=The Government Financial Management (water Towers Conservation Funds) Regulations, 2010|date=30 July 2010|url=http://www.kenyalaw.org/LegalNotices/pop_ln.php?file=452|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808222157/http://www.kenyalaw.org/LegalNotices/pop_ln.php?file=452|archivedate=8 August 2012|deadurl=no}}</ref> a portion of which goes to forest rehabilitation, and the Mau Rehabilitation Trust Fund, for the [[Mau Forest]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sh200 million to save Mau|date=22 March 2012|publisher=Comiform|url=http://www.comiform.org/index.php/71-mau-forest-fund|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808223159/http://www.comiform.org/index.php/71-mau-forest-fund|archivedate=8 August 2012|deadurl=yes}}</ref> {{As of|2003}}, Kenya had 1.57&nbsp;million hectares of gazetted forest.<ref>{{harvnb|Mbugua|2003|page=xiii}}</ref>
The '''Kenya Forest Service''' is an agency of the [[Government of Kenya]] designated by the Forest Act of 2005<ref>{{Citation |author=Parliament of Kenya |chapter=Supplement No. 88: Forest Act, 2005 (Act No. 7 of 2005) |date=29 November 2005 |title=Kenya Gazette |publisher=Government of Kenya |location=Nairobi |pages=229&ndash;305 |url=http://www.kenyaforestservice.org/images/MMMB/forests%20act%20no.7%20of%202005.pdf |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/69lvFlQ63?url=http://www.kenyaforestservice.org/images/MMMB/forests%20act%20no.7%20of%202005.pdf |archivedate=8 August 2012 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> as the replacement for the old Forest Department.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Nelson, Peter|year=2007|title=Strategic Environmental Assrssment of the Kenya Forets Act 2005|publisher=The World Bank|url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTRANETENVIRONMENT/Resources/244351-1222272730742/KenyaForestESWFullReportWeb.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807035917/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTRANETENVIRONMENT/Resources/244351-1222272730742/KenyaForestESWFullReportWeb.pdf|archivedate=7 August 2012|deadurl=no|display-authors=etal}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Mbugua-2003">{{Cite book|author=Mbugua, David K.|year=2003|title=The forest revenue system and government expenditure on forestry in Kenya|publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)|location=Rome|url=ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/008/af165e/af165e00.pdf}}</ref> Under the 2005 Forest Act this has changed somewhat, with for example, the creation of special funds such as the Water Towers Conservation Fund,<ref>{{Cite news|author=Njagih, Moses|date=20 August 2010|title=Special fund to restore water towers created|newspaper=Standard Digital|url=http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000016135&story_title=Special-fund-to-restore-water-towers-created|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808220640/http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000016135&story_title=Special-fund-to-restore-water-towers-created|archivedate=8 August 2012|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Kenya Minister for Finance|title=The Government Financial Management (water Towers Conservation Funds) Regulations, 2010|date=30 July 2010|url=http://www.kenyalaw.org/LegalNotices/pop_ln.php?file=452|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808222157/http://www.kenyalaw.org/LegalNotices/pop_ln.php?file=452|archivedate=8 August 2012|deadurl=no}}</ref> a portion of which goes to forest rehabilitation, and the Mau Rehabilitation Trust Fund, for the [[Mau Forest]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sh200 million to save Mau|date=22 March 2012|publisher=Comiform|url=http://www.comiform.org/index.php/71-mau-forest-fund|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808223159/http://www.comiform.org/index.php/71-mau-forest-fund|archivedate=8 August 2012|deadurl=yes}}</ref> {{As of|2003}}, Kenya had 1.57&nbsp;million hectares of gazetted forest.<ref>{{harvnb|Mbugua|2003|page=xiii}}</ref>


== Mission ==
== Mission ==

Revision as of 19:59, 26 January 2018

The Kenya Forest Service is an agency of the Government of Kenya designated by the Forest Act of 2005[1] as the replacement for the old Forest Department.[2] 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.[3] Under the 2005 Forest Act this has changed somewhat, with for example, the creation of special funds such as the Water Towers Conservation Fund,[4][5] a portion of which goes to forest rehabilitation, and the Mau Rehabilitation Trust Fund, for the Mau Forest.[6] As of 2003, Kenya had 1.57 million hectares of gazetted forest.[7]

Mission

Among the responsibilities of the Kenya Forest Service are to:

  • own,[8] manage and protect all state forests[9]
  • promote forestry education and training[9] and operate the Kenya Forestry College[10]
  • enforce the conditions and regulations pertaining to logging, charcoal making and other forest utilisation activities[9]
  • apprehend and prosecute violators of forest law and regulations[11][12]
  • collect revenues from exploitation of forest products[11]

Forest management plans

The Kenya Forest Service has begun issuing management plans for individual forests. Plans are in effect for:

Notes

  1. ^ Parliament of Kenya (29 November 2005), "Supplement No. 88: Forest Act, 2005 (Act No. 7 of 2005)", Kenya Gazette (PDF), Nairobi: Government of Kenya, pp. 229–305, archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Nelson, Peter; et al. (2007). Strategic Environmental Assrssment of the Kenya Forets Act 2005 (PDF). The World Bank. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2012. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Mbugua, David K. (2003). The forest revenue system and government expenditure on forestry in Kenya (PDF). Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
  4. ^ Njagih, Moses (20 August 2010). "Special fund to restore water towers created". Standard Digital. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Kenya Minister for Finance (30 July 2010). "The Government Financial Management (water Towers Conservation Funds) Regulations, 2010". Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Sh200 million to save Mau". Comiform. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Mbugua 2003, p. xiii
  8. ^ Parliament 2005, p. 236
  9. ^ a b c Parliament 2005, p. 241
  10. ^ Parliament 2005, p. 237
  11. ^ a b Parliament 2005, p. 242
  12. ^ Parliament 2005, pp. 279–280
  13. ^ The Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Management Team (February 2002). "Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Strategic Forest Management Plan 2002-2027" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "Improved livelihoods at Arabuko-Sokoke Forest in Kenya". BirdLife International. 2008. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Peter, Christian Albert (23 January 2012). "Kenya Natural Resource Management Project P095050 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 16" (PDF). Washington, DC: World Bank. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Danyo, Stephen (2013). "Kenya Natural Resource Management Project P095050 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 18" (PDF). Washington, DC: World Bank. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ Redfern, Paul (22 February 2014). "NGOs force EA govts to stop evictions". The East African. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ Maina, Nelson M. (2010). "Sustainable Forest Management and Food Security" (PDF). Kenya Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ Ngunjiri, Charles (7 February 2011). "Kereita Forest Management Plan Launched". Kenya Forest Service. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ a b Ngunjiri, Charles (14 February 2011). "Get Involved To Reap Benefits From Forests". Kenya Forest Service. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ Mangat, Rupi (2 May 2014). "Saving Nandi's age-old forests". The East African. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ "EAWLS in first-ever Kenya Mangrove Management Plan". Ndege News. Air Kenya. 13 December 2011. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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