The ambitious MMMB implementation phase focuses on forest sector reform efforts which follow-on from an inception phase (2007-2009).These reforms stem from the passing of the Forests Act in 2005 in which the €22 million MMMB intervention through four interconnected components will link policy and field implementation. The overall objective of the MMMB implementation phase is a reduction in poverty through ensuring that the forest sector contributes effectively and sustainably to improving the lives of the poor, restoring the environment, and aiding the economic recovery and growth of Kenya, within the context of Vision 2030. The LTS team is working closely with the partners to deliver a full range of programme management and advisory support: forest sector policy, regulation and coordination; national forest programme development and monitoring; forestry resource accounting and mainstreaming; institutional change management and corporate governance; management systems development and business planning; forest plantation management, concessioning and licensing systems; indigenous forest conservation and arid lands development; forest enterprises, bio-energy and eco-tourism development; payment for ecosystem services mechanisms, national policy and carbon accounting methods for REDD; forest information systems, GIS and remote sensing analysis.