Degraded and stocked forest area by forest block and station (V1)
Degraded and well-stocked forest area for each forest block and station, to target restoration.
Interactive reportOpen
Reports
National, international and county forest reports.
All Reports
Forest reports from Kenya Forest Service and the Ministry, for national, international (UNFCCC) and county reporting.
Forest cover by county, 2010–2018
Forest cover for all 47 counties, 2010–2018, from Landsat with Random Forest classification and validation; interactive county profiles with charts and maps.
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Kenya Forest Fire Intelligence System
Forest fires 2000–2026 by county, gazetted forest, park and conservancy: burned area (NASA FIRMS), hotspots, seasonality, fire risk and live monitoring.
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Kenya's Second Nationally Determined Contribution (2031–2035)
Kenya's climate commitment to the UNFCCC: 35% below business as usual by 2035, USD 56 billion of mitigation and adaptation actions, including tree cover and REDD+.
Kenya's Third National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Document 1990–2022
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.
2021 National Forest Resources Assessment: county figures
Forest cover (8.83%), tree cover (12.13%), canopy density, land use and forest types for Kenya and all 47 counties, mapped from WorldView very high-resolution imagery.
2021 used WorldView imagery; all other years used Landsat (30 m), so 2021 is not directly comparable with 2010–2018.
Kenya's Safeguards Information System (Country Approach to Safeguards)
The seven Cancun safeguards, Kenya's interpretation and indicators, and how REDD+ implementers report.
National Forest Monitoring System in the Republic of Kenya, Version 1 (Draft)
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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National REDD+ Strategy
Drivers of deforestation and degradation, the five strategic options, institutional arrangements and MRV for REDD+ in Kenya.
The National Forest Reference Level for REDD+ Implementation
Kenya's FRL submission to the UNFCCC: historical emissions and removals from deforestation, degradation, sustainable management and enhancement of forest carbon stocks, 2002–2018.
Figures and charts are in the portal; the PDF will be added when cleared for publication.
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