Fourth Institutional Colloquium Report
Summary: The 4th KEFRI Institutional Colloquium was held on 14th July 2022 at KEFRI headquarters’ auditorium. The colloquium key speaker was Dr. Kimondo (Ag. Director (KEFRI) and Deputy Director- Forest Products Improvement and the presentation title was "Increasing forest cover in Kenya for wealth creation: paradigm shift from planting and abandoning to planting and caring" Participation to the event was hybrid i.e. physical and virtual.

Fifth Institutional Colloquium Report
Summary: presenter: Dr. James K. Ndufa, Deputy Director, Forest Biodiversity and Environmental Management, KEFRI.
Title: Integration of trees in forest and land restoration initiatives: Lessons learnt and challenges from different landscapes in Kenya
Date: 6th October 2022

KEFRI Sixth Institutional Colloquium Report
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Seventh KEFRI Colloquium
Summary: Seventh KEFRI Colloquium was done on 29th March 2023 . The presenter was Dr.Joram Kagombe
Deputy Director Social –Economic Policy and Governance. The title of his presentation was on
'Creating Enabling Environment for Forest Conservation and Commercial Forestry in Kenya'

First Institutional Public Lecture Report
Summary: presenter: Prof. Walter O. Oyawa, the Director General of the National Commission for Science, Technology & Innovation (NACOSTI).
Title: Visibility and the Impact of Research Vis-à-vis Research Funding
Date: 15th September 2022

FAO Joins Government of Kenya for the International Day of Forests Celebrations
Summary: The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) joined the Government of Kenya to mark the International Day of Forests, national celebrations, held on 21st March 2022, at the Ngong Hills forest, Kajiado County

The Restoration Initiative (TRI) Project
Summary: The Kenya TRI project adopts an integrated approach to address deforestation and land degradation, targeting policy and institutional capacity while supporting community-led forest and landscape restoration (FLR) and the development of alternative livelihoods. The project’s overall objective is to restore deforested and degraded lands through the FLR approach and enhance the socioeconomic development of local communities through the development of bio-enterprises of Non-Timber Forest Products and Services (NTFPS) in ASALs. Its goal is to reduce the overall proportion of degraded land by 20% in the areas covered by the project.

Capacity Development Project for Sustainable Forest Management (CADEP-SFM)
Summary: The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MEF) through Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) and Kenya Forest Service (KFS), and in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is implementing a project entitled; “Capacity Development Project for Sustainable Forest Management in Kenya (CADEP-SFM)”. The overall goal of the project is to ensure sustainable forest management is promoted in Kenya towards the national forest cover target of 10%.

KenyaCommercialForestryInvestmentConference
Summary: Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) is organizing a Commercial Forestry Investment Conference to be held at KEFRI headquarters from 23rd – 26 th November 2021. The objective of the conference is to provide a platform for exchange of knowledge, experiences and the potential of commercial forestry investment in Kenya. The theme of the conference is
is
“Commercial Forestry Investment for Wealth Creation, Enhancing Manufacturing, Food Security, Health and attainment of 10% tree cover in Kenya’’.

Ministry of Environment and Forestry Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Keriako Tobiko, Launches six Books
Summary: Kenya Commercial Tree Improvement Strategy,
Biodiversity Status of Buda Forest, Kenya,
Aerial seeding for rehabilitation of degraded forestlands and landscapes in Kenya,
Protocol for Aerial seeding of forestlands and landscapes in Kenya,
Kenya Commercial Tree Improvement Framework, and
Commercial Forestry in Kenya: Status of tree breeding, tree seed sources and seed supply chain and threats from pests and diseases

Commercial forestry investment for wealth creation, boosting manufacturing, food security, health and attainment of 10% tree cover in Kenya
Summary: Kenya’s forestry sector contributes 3.6% to the GDP and offers employment and income generation
opportunities in plantations, manufacturing and market value chains for diverse forest products. The available
land for commercial forestry includes community woodlands at 24.5 million hectares scattered mostly in
the ASALs, farms and private forests estimated at 10,385,000 hectares in agricultural landscapes and public
forests estimated at 3,467,000 hectares with forest plantations accounting for 125

Future of public forest sector to meet the country timber needs and the role of PPPs
Summary: Kenya’s forestry sector contributes 3.6% to the GDP and offers employment and income generation opportunities in plantations, manufacturing and market value chains for diverse forest products. The available land for commercial forestry includes community woodlands at 24.5 million hectares scattered mostly in the ASALs, farms and private forests estimated at 10,385,000 hectares in agricultural landscapes and public forests estimated at 3,467,000 hectares with forest plantations accounting for ...

Kenya Burseraceae Research Forum
Summary: The purpose of this forum is to gather and publish information from all stakeholders on Boswellia and Commiphora Species found in Kenya. In particular the current focus is on information sought by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) by the end of 2021

Private Sector Engagement In Kenya’s Restoration Efforts
Summary: The Private sector plays an important role in landscape restoration in Kenya. Their contribution is key in achieving the commitments that the Government of Kenya made to increase tree cover to 10% and restore 5.1 million hectares of deforested and degraded landscapes by 2030, towards the Bonn Challenge and AFR100.

Private sector engagement and involvement has been widely seen and recognized as a mechanism for financing and incentivizing landscape restoration.

How to Contribute Knowledge
Summary: This is a short presentation on how to contribute knowledge to KEFRI Knowledge Base.

KEFRI Participation at the Public Service Week at KICC on 13-15 October 2009
Summary: KBC radio announcement of KEFRI's participation at the public service week held at KICC grounds on 13th - 15th October 2009. The announcement ran on 13th October 2009 evening.

How to Submit Research Protocol
Summary: A video on how to submit research protocols to KEFRI Knowledge Base. This is one of the series of HowTo videos on how to contribute Knowledge.

KEFRI List of Publications
Summary: A list of all KEFRI Publications in descending order. It includes theses, journal papers, conference proceedings, Reports,Technical and policy notes,

Creating a Knowledge Sharing Culture
Summary: Ideas on Knowledge sharing culture

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