Ministry of Environment and Forestry (Kenya)

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry was created vide Executive Order No. 1 of 2018 on the organization of government of Kenya. It is mandated to undertake National Environment Policy and Management, Forestry development policy and management, Development of re-afforestation and agro-forestry, Restoration of strategic water towers, Protection and conservation of Natural environment, Pollution control, Lake Victoria management programme, Restoration of Lake Naivasha basin, Kenya Meteorological department, Kenya meteorological training, Conservation and protection of wetlands and Climate change affairs.

The Ministry is committed to facilitating the enabling policies, legal and regulatory reforms for promoting sustainability of the environment and forest resources, while at the same time, mitigating the effects of climate change.

Vision

The Ministry’s vision is “A Clean, healthy, safe and sustainably managed Environment and Forestry Resources’’

Mission

 The Ministry’s mission commits, “To promote and facilitate good governance in the protection, restoration, conservation, development and management of environment and forestry resources for equitable and sustainable development’’