Sustainable Forest Management for Landscape Restoration
and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Kenya
Japan Pavilion Side Event
14:45-16:00 on 5 December 2023
“Sustainable Forest Management for Climate Change
Mitigation and Adaptation”

George Tarus
Forest Conservation Secretary & Project Director, SFS-CORECC
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Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry

INTRODUCTION• Kenya has landmass is estimated at 582,646
km2, an equivalent of 58,264,600 ha ofwhich 5.9% is covered by forests.
• Forests in Kenya are classified as:– Public forests (2.6 million ha)– Community forests (48.7% of naturalforest cover)– Private forests (10 million ha of cropland,accounting for 70% of national annualwood supply).
• Tree cover in Kenya is 12.13%

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IMPORTANCE OF FOREST AND TREERESOURCES• Livelihood base for over 82% of Kenya’s households.
• Direct employment for over one million Kenyans and indirect benefit toover 4 million citizens.
• About USD 365 million (3.5%) to GDP, excluding ecological services,non-wood forest products, contributions to other sectors and household
wood energy.
• Ecological services such as watershed protection and carbon changemitigation,• KES 20 billion worth of goods annually to other productive sectors of
the economy such as; agriculture, fisheries, livestock, energy, wildlife,water, tourism, trade and industry.

Challenges facing the forestry sector
Inadequate data to guide forestry development.

Human encroachment forsettlement

Human encroachment for settlement.
Incidences of pest and diseases.
Climate change.
Wastage in wood utilization especially in timber conversion and charcoal production.

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PRIORITY AREAS OF FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT
1. Growing 15.7 billion trees through Restoration ofForests and Landscapes to attain at least 30% tree
cover by 2032.
2. Conservation, Protection and Management of Forest
Ecosystems
3. Private Sector Involvement in Forestry Development.
4. Promotion of Agroforestry and Commercial Forestry
Development.
5. Strengthen Research and Development in Forestry.
6. Strengthen Forest Governance530% NATIONAL TREE COVER, WHY IT MATTERS?
1. Constitutional
requirement; Article 69,
42 & 43 (1)(d) and Vision2030
6. Restoration ofdegraded landscapes& ecosystems; AFRI
100 & UNCCD
Climate change intensifies
floods, droughts, water
scarcity and migration

5. Biodiversityconservation; CBD& Nagoya Protocol

30% TreeCover
4. Enhancing
CommunityResilience toclimate change andnatural disasters

2. Enhancing Economic
Benefits; Employmentcreation & increasedforest products
3. Mitigation of climatechange; SDG 13;
Climate Action; NDC
targetTHE INTERVENTIONS AREAS

No.
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2
3
4

Intervention Areas
Rehabilitation of degraded dryland landscapes
Growing of Agroforestry Trees on farmlands
Establishment of commercial Private Forests
Rehabilitation of degraded water towers, wetlands, and riparian areas
outside gazetted forests
Greening of infrastructure (Roads, railway lines, dams) and tree planting by
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corporates and MDAs
Rehabilitation of degraded natural forests in gazetted forests and water
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towers7
Establishment of Bamboo
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Rehabilitation of degraded mangrove ecosystems
Growing of fruit trees and woodlots in schools, colleges, universities and9other institutions
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Restocking of forest plantation in gazetted forests
Establishment of urban forests, arboretum, green spaces & road side
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plantings in wards & sub-counties
Total

Area (Ha)5,190,556
3,000,000
750,000
500,000

Seedling No.
7,785,834,000
4,200,000,000
1,200,000,000
750,000,000

(%)
49.4
26.6
7.6
4.8

450,000

675,000,000

4.3

350,507525,761,175

3.3

150,000
14,00070,000225,000,000
140,000,000
105,000,000

1.4
0.9
0.7

54,00050,00086,400,000
75,000,000

0.5
0.5

10,579,063

15,767,995,175

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MONITORING AND EVALUATIONStrengthening Forestry Sector Development and Community Resilienceto Climate Change through Sustainable Forest Management andLandscape Restoration (SFS-CORECC)

9Key Highlights
Duration：5 years from 1 February 2022 to 31 January 2027
Purpose： The capacity of relevant institutions in Kenya is strengthened for promoting sustainable forest
management, landscape restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation in the country and in theregion.
Component １: Policy
MECC&F①Policy formulation/revision②REDD+ National Forest Monitoring System③Green Finance

Component ４: Regional Cooperation

SFS-CORECC
Project

KEFRI

Component ２:Commercial Forestry
KFS & County

Component 3:Tree Breeding
KEFRI

PROJECT EXPECTED OUTPUTS
1)

Policy-planning processes for sustainable forest management and landscape restoration
are strengthened.

2)

Enabling the environment to support the promotion of commercial forestry withpublic-private partnerships and community participation is strengthened.

3)

Melia volkensii and Acacia tortilis productivity and drought tolerance are improved

4)

Kenya and KEFRI’s capacity and roles in regional cooperation to contribute to theSub-Sahara African region in promoting sustainable forest management, landscaperestoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation is enhanced.

and their production capacity for promoting their commercial use is enhanced.

11Implementation Progress: Component 1 Policy support｜ 1-1 Forest Policy & 1-4 Green Finance• Gap analysis done on forest policies. Prioritized amending FCMA
2016 and developing the National Agroforestry Strategy.
• The Ministry seeks green finance to scale project outcomes throughidentification and capacity building on various financing mechanisms.
• A feasibility study on the "School Lunch and Tree Growing ClubForest Carbon Pilot Project" at 4 Kitui County schools is underway.
Woodlots with Adansonia digitata and Melia volkensii planted.

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｜ 1-2 Improvement and Operationalization of NFMS/FIP Upgrade the NFMS/FIP and Develop Guidance on its Utilisation• Functional improvements

 Monitoring of tree cover and new plantation registration• Tree cover monitoring: the results of tree cover extraction are displayed in a similar
format to maps such as Land cover / Land use maps stored in the FIP, with images
and information (e.g. rate of coverage).
• Registration of new plantations: a mechanism will be devised to store informationfrom the JazaMiti database and data on location and area determined by satellite
image verification three to five years after planting in the FIP.

 Timber traceability• With regard to traceability information, the possibility of storing and linking
information on Kenya's timber traceability system and forestry, such as E-Registration(registration form for sawmillers and timber buyers in Kenya) and harvesting permits,in the FIP should be considered.

 Availability of seeds and seedlings• data acquisition from external databases on available supply of seeds and seedlingsand data conversion for provision in the FIP.

 Forest ecosystem services• displaying areas with forest benefit estimation cases on the map, and displaying anevaluation summary sheet when selecting an area.

Support for the developmentof methods for newplantation registrationassessment and tree covermonitoring
Consider registering
harvested timber andintroducing timbertraceability system
Study on estimating thevalue of forest ecosystemservices

Implementation Progress: Component 2 Commercial Forestry

ü 8 counties selected for commercial forestry in semi-arid areas:
Kitui, Makueni, Embu, Taita Taveta, Tharaka Nithi, Nyeri, Kilifi,and Kwale.
ü Development of Kobo Toolbox formats for data collection(farmer recruitment, planting site survey, monitoring, etc.)
ü Recruitment of farmers and entities (April to May 2023, Morethan 400 farmers/entities surveyed, and 108 farmers/entitiesselected)

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Implementation Progress: Component 3 Tree Breeding

2nd Generation Orchard
10 months after plantedImplementation Progress: Component 4 Regional Cooperation
To implement pilot on-demand third country trainings on specific topics;
Conducted Technical Needs Assessment (TNA) in Tanzania
and Uganda through face to face interviews
Conducted TNA in Burundi, Ethiopia, Malawi, Somaliland andSouth Sudan - internet based
Tanzania Tree Seed Agency

Analysed the TNA and Prioritised country-specific needs foron-demand training
Planning of pilot on-demand third country training is ongoing

Farmers Association - Uganda

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ありがとうArigatoThank youmerci17