Kenya Forest Service

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]

  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 (PDF) from the original on 6 April 2017
  2. ^ Nelson, Peter; et al. (2007). Strategic Environmental Assrssment of the Kenya Forets Act 2005 (PDF). The World Bank. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2012.
  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.
  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.
  6. ^ "Sh200 million to save Mau". Comiform. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012.
  7. ^ Mbugua 2003, p. xiii