This report analyses whether increased efficiency in forestry operations and forest product processing and utilization are interesting REDD+ policies and measures for the Government of Kenya to pursue, with the potential to attract public and/or private investments to enable REDD+ implementation. In particular, the report focuses on the extent to which efficiency improvements could address supply deficiency in the forest sector, thereby reducing pressures on existing forests and related emissions.

Two out of the 5 sections discussing the opportunities for efficiency improvements and carbon benefits are charcoal production and firewood and charcoal consumption at household level, which covered the regulatory and legislative aspects; current efficiency rates; available efficient technologies; proposed improvement measures; analyzing carbon benefits; efficiency improvement; and job creation, health and safety issues.