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NFMS definitions, classification systems and data dictionary

Kenya Forest Service · 2026

Forest definition, forest strata, land-use categories and abbreviations used across the NFMS.

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Kenya REDD+ Registry (public view)

Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry · 2025

Registered REDD+ activities, verified emission reductions and carbon credits.

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Kenya's Third National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Document 1990–2022

Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry · December 2024

National inventory report submitted to the UNFCCC with Kenya's first Biennial Transparency Report: emissions and removals for all sectors, land-use change matrices, emission factors, QA/QC and the improvement plan.

Kenya's Safeguards Information System (Country Approach to Safeguards)

Ministry of Environment and Forestry · December 2021

The seven Cancun safeguards, Kenya's interpretation and indicators, and how REDD+ implementers report.

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National Forest Monitoring System in the Republic of Kenya, Version 1 (Draft)

Ministry of Environment and Forestry · February 2021

Design of Kenya's NFMS: institutional arrangements, forest definitions and stratification, land monitoring, forest inventory, MRV, safeguards and data management.

Content is in the portal (About NFMS, Definitions, MRV); the PDF will be added when cleared for publication.

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