The legislators, who plan to visit the site next week, say government officials bypassed environmental concerns and may have ignored objections from k...
Environment CS Deborah Barasa explained that forest laws allow the development of eco-tourism ventures in public forests and referred to provisions in...
In the year ending June 2024, the agency spent Sh24 million on legal services, but the Auditor-General found that its legal department lacked clear st...
The activists want IPOA empowered to arrest rogue officers and oversee other security agencies such as the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), Kenya Forest Se...
The project, described as an “eco-tourism” initiative, involves building 11 luxury cottages, two restaurants, and other upscale facilities, which GBM...
While KFS said Konyon Company Ltd won the tender to construct the 11 cottages, the National Environment Management Authority said that it did not issu...
The Kenya Forest Service said the suspension is necessary to allow time for roundtable discussions with all stakeholders to address the public’s conce...
The clarification follows a letter from the Greenbelt Movement, a nature conservation organisation, which alleged that a luxury hotel was being built...
Hassan Sheikh, the chairman of the Arawale Hirola community conservancy, called on the Kenya Forest Service to take immediate action against the logge...
Authorities suspect that the fires were caused by human activities such as discarded cigarettes, arson and honey harvesting, combined with extremely d...
GBM has also called for accountability, transparency, and adherence to the rule of law in managing Kenya's forests, urging an immediate investigation...
A report by the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) reveals that six million eucalyptus trees were felled between January and June 2024 for proc...
Mangroves are crucial for preventing coastal erosion, providing storm buffers, and absorbing up to four times more carbon than terrestrial trees, maki...
According to a new report by Auditor General Nancy Gathungu, 26 per cent of the 2,666 rangers recruited in February 2023 came from one ethnic communit...
The joint operation by the Taita Taveta Government, the Anti-Stock Theft Unit, and Kenya Forest Services is part of an ongoing effort to curb charcoal...
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