Kenya Forest Service is currently participating at the Kenya Space Expo and Conference 2024 organised by the Kenya Space Agency at Edge Convention Center, Nairobi. The conference aptly themed Space and Technologies for societal Benefits seeks to demonstrate the utility of space science and technologies and how these can be leveraged for improvement of societal wellbeing and supporting national social economic development.
The conference was officially opened by the CS Defence Hon.Adan Bare Duale, EGH who was also accompanied by the CS Environment Climate Change and Forestry Hon. Soipan Tuya EGH. CS Duale lauded the Kenya Space Agency for organizing the timely conference terming it an ideal forum for sharing experiences, demonstration of technologies and solutions for space science.
The AG. Head Forest Information Systems Faith Mutwiri presented and participated on a panel session on how KFS deploys the use of Earth Observation for biodiversity conservation and Natural Resource Management.
The Service is also exhibiting to the participants some of the technologies that it is using for forest surveillance and inventory.
