[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] Source:[8] Among the responsibilities of the Kenya Forest Service are to: The Kenya Forest Service has begun issuing management plans for individual forests.