Kenya Forest Service (KFS)

Loggers, charcoal dealers destroy Nyakweri forest

Reading Time: 3 minutes An expansive community forest that is home to more than 80 families of elephants in Transmara is on the verge […]

State defers takeover of Webuye land

Reading Time: 2 minutes The government has temporarily suspended the gazettement of Chetambe Hills in Webuye, Bungoma county as a government forest to allow […]

Minister who is quite at home working from park in the city

Reading Time: 3 minutes On the 12th floor of the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) building in the upmarket Upper Hill area which hosts […]

KFS to involve communities in conserving forests

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Chief conservator of forests-Kamau made the revelation during the signing of a participatory forest management plan for conservation of Chepalungu forest in Sotik

Laxity among KFS officials blamed for unabated charcoal business in Baringo

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya Forest Service (KFS) officers in Baringo have been blamed for laxity in apprehending those engaging in the illegal charcoal […]

Rehabilitation of River Voi offers hope to locals

Reading Time: 2 minutes The rehabilitation of Voi River in Taita-Taveta county has rekindled optimism among residents in the region that the endangered resource […]

Badi, Kenya Forest Service in talks over new cemetery land

Reading Time: < 1 minute Nairobi residents may soon have new burial grounds if negotiations between Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) and Kenya Forest Service to […]

Role of youths in achieving greener environment

Reading Time: 2 minutes Marion Otwar  Kenya is one of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa that has continued to experience severe droughts and famine. […]

‘Safari Legacy’ launched

Reading Time: 2 minutes World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally organising committee yesterday launched an ambitious three-year plan dubbed ‘Safari Legacy’ anchored on environmental […]

KFS says poachers have killed, maimed 100 staff

Reading Time: 3 minutes  Kenya Forest Service (KFS) has lost three rangers and 22 others have been left with life threatening injuries in the […]