Progress towards protecting 30% of Land and Seas by 2030 for Eastern and Southern Africa
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National animalPlains zebraEquus quaggaNear threatenedIUCN Red List global status - close to qualifying as threatened.Two zebras support the national coat of arms.
01Coverage
Progress made towards the 30% target by 2030
Terrestrial
160k km² of 578k km²
Coverage by realm
Coverage trend 1961–2014
From each site's year of current legal status, available for 100% of sites. Sums site areas, so overlapping designations count more than once. The terrestrial curve therefore ends slightly above the 27.6% reported today.
02Where the sites are
How is the protected estate distributed?
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Circle size ∝ site areaProtected Area (PA)Other Effective Conservation Measure (OECM)
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03Management assessment
Has management effectiveness been assessed?
19.7%
of protected land assessed
7 / 22
sites assessed
0
IUCN Green Listed sites
Assessment methods used
04Governance
Who governs the protected estate?
Share of area by governance type
Federal or national ministry or agency58.1%
18 sites · 108k km²
Not Reported40.9%
2 sites · 76k km²
Local communities0.5%
1 sites · 960 km²
Individual landowners0.4%
1 sites · 749 km²
0.5%governed by Indigenous peoples & local communities1IPLC-governed sites
05Protected areas & OECMs
What makes up the protected estate?
22
protected areas
0
OECMs
2.4%
still to reach 30% on land
Cumulative area designated, by year
Running total of land inside sites whose current legal status dates from that year or earlier, split PA vs OECM.
0transboundary sites20nationally designated
06Designations
What kinds of protected area are they?
Sites by designation
Forest Reserve6
Game Reserve6
National Park4
Bird Sanctuary3
Game Sanctuary1
Other2
“Other” covers 2 further designations; the full list is in the table view.
