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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]
During the last two decades of the 21st century, Kenya's rate of deforestation has remained consistent. The first decade of the century experienced 2,914.55 hectares in a primary forest lost and 19,401 hectares lost in tree cover while the second decade of the century has experienced a total of 2,099.74 hectares lost in primary forest and 17,167 hectares lost in tree cover.
Kaya Mudzi Muvya is a coastal lowland dry deciduous forest in Kilifi County of southern Kenya.It became a World Heritage Site in 2008. [1] A large portion of the forest is an area protected by the Kenya Forest Service under The Forests Act of 2005, [2] and as a national monument under the Antiquities and Monuments Act Cap 215. [1]
Karura Forest is an urban forest in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. The forest was gazetted in 1932 [1] and is managed by the Kenya Forest Service [2] in conjunction with the Friends of Karura Forest Community Forest Association. [3] Karura Forest is 1,041 hectares (2,570 acres) consisting of three parts separated by Limuru and Kiambu roads. The ...
Oloolua Forest is an urban forest in the Karen area of Nairobi, Kenya. The forest, immediately adjacent to the Karen Blixen Farm, was gazetted in 1932 and is managed by the Kenya Forest Service. [1] [2] The forest is 618 hectares consisting of eight blocks separated by the Standard Gauge Railway and several road projects cutting through it. [2]
This is the Aberdare Range, a forest and mountain range in central Kenya that’s one of the country’s main water sources and a key wildlife habitat. The Kenyan government wants to build a 32 ...
The World Bank began financing the Kenya Forest Service’s Natural Resources Management Project in 2007. It promised to cover $68.5 million of the project’s $78 million budget in an effort to help the KFS “improve the livelihoods of communities participating in the co-management of water and forests.”
Ngong Hills Forest Reserve is the protected area of the larger Ngong Hills, Ngong, Kenya. The reserve is located on the southern tip of the Rift Valley region , 25 kilometres (16 miles) away from Kenya's capital, Nairobi .