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 [update] , Kenya had 1.57 million hectares of gazetted forest. [7]
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Among the responsibilities of the Kenya Forest Service are to:
The Kenya Forest Service has begun issuing management plans for individual forests. Plans are in effect for: