Functions and Mandates

Mandate:

TFS was established through the Executive Agencies Act Cap 245. The Agency is mandated to manage national forest and bee reserves, forests on general land and tree seed production

      Functions

• Establishing and managing national natural forest and bee reserves;
• (ii) Establishing and managing national forest plantations and apiaries;
• (iii) Managing forest and bee resources in general land;
• (iv) Enforcing forest and beekeeping legislation in areas of TFS jurisdiction;
• Providing forest and beekeeping extension services in areas of TFS jurisdiction;
• Collecting forest and beekeeping revenues;
• Marketing forest and bee products and services;
• Providing high quality tree seed and other propagating materials for different end uses;
• Conducting training to public, private individuals or institutions in the principles; procedures and techniques of nursery establishment and management, safe tree climbing, temporary seed storage and gene resource conservation;
• Providing consultancy in matters related to the practice of the tree seed management and environmental conservation including landscaping, rehabilitation/ re-vegetation of degraded land; (xi) Preparing certificate of origin of seed supplied to all export and major domestic customers; and
• Managing, improving and developing the antiquities stations