Category: Africa
REDD+ Component Task Forces (Kenya)
The REDD+ Component Task Forces are small groups allocated to REDD+ candidate strategies, which pull together expertise required for the design and oversight of each particlar strategy. A REDD+ Component Officer reports to the National Coordinator and in each forest conservancy, a REDD+ Officer liases to help implement demonstration activities and coordinate with local communities and the National REDD+ Coordination Office (NRCO).
National REDD+ Coordination Office (Kenya)
The National REDD+ Coordination Office (NRCO) is the desinated agency for the coordination, administration and support for the Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP) implementation for the period 2011 to 2014. The activities for R-PP implementation led by the NRCO include the coordination of work to be carried out by the five REDD+ Component Task Forces, communications of the overall REDD+ process and consultation support to the REDD+ component task forces, conflict resolution and...
National REDD Plus Technical Working Group (Ghana)
The National REDD Plus Technical Working Group is a multi-stakeholder body set up by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources. The Committee is composed of 22 members representing different stakeholders and is chaired by the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources. The tasks of the working group include to make policy recommendations to the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources on any relevant strategies that could form a sound basis for a National REDD-Plus policy or...
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana
The Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG) is responsible forest and forest products research to ensure sustainable management and utilization of Ghana’s forest resources and disseminate the information for the improvement of the social, economic and environmental well-being of the Ghanaian people. The FORIG also has a goal of conducting collaborative research across disciplines among its scientists, stakeholders and external Institutions. In REDD implementation, FORIG is involved in the...
The Forestry Commission of Ghana
The Forestry Commission of Ghana is responsible for the regulation of utilization of forest and wildlife resources, the conservation and management of those resources and the coordination of policies related to them. The Commission embodies the various public bodies and agencies that were individually implementing the functions of protection, management, the regulation of forest and wildlife resources. The Forestry Commission is divided into divisions responsible for Forest Services, Wildlife,...
Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (Ghana)
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources is entrusted with the Management of Ghana's land, forests, wildife and mineral Resources. The Ministry ensures the sustainable management of lands through the implementation and coordination of policies and programmes, the promotion of inter-agency linkages and cooperation, the promotion of community participation in land and mineral resources, to review existing legislation and policies, to promote institutional capacity and capability at all levels...
National REDD+ Technical Working Group (Kenya)
The National REDD+ Technical Working Group (TWG) was established in November 2009. The TWG plays an advisory role for the National REDD+ Steering Committee and liaises directly with the National REDD+ Coordination Office. The TWG is divided into three sub-groups namely, 1) Consultation and Participation 2) Methodology and 3) Policy and Institutions. The TWG is responsible for oversight of the Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP) implementation process and for managing monitoring and...
National REDD plus Steering Committee (Kenya)
The National REDD+ Steering Committee (RSC) is the apex body of National REDD Readiness Management Arrangements in Kenya. The RSC commands a four-tier structure within the REDD+ and Land Use Division, along with the Technical Working Group, National REDD+ Coordinating body and the REDD+ Component Task Forces, created to oversee the evolving REDD Strategy. The RSC will be chaired by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry responsible for Forestry, in order to oversee...
Kenya Forestry Research Institute
The Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) was established in 1986 to carry out research in forestry and natural resources. The institute conducts research in forestry, cooperates with other research bodies both nationally and internationally, and establishes partnerships with other organisations and institutions. KEFRI's goals include contributing to Vision 2030 by developing technologies for the sustainable development and utilization of forests and natural resources. The...
Kenya Forestry Service
The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) was established under the Forest Act 2005 with the function to conserve, develop and sustainably manage forest resources in Kenya. The KFS is composed of 10 conservancies that are ecologically demarcated, 76 zonal forest offices, 150 forest stations, and 250 divisional forest extension offices located countrywide. The KFS is the lead forest agency in Kenya which manages the National REDD Program in collaboration with other stakeholders. The KFS...
