Progress towards protecting 30% of Land and Seas by 2030 for Eastern and Southern Africa
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National animalMongoose lemurEulemur mongozCritically endangeredIUCN Red List global status - extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.One of the few lemurs living outside Madagascar, on Anjouan and Mohéli.Photo: Lea Maimone · CC BY-SA 2.5
01Coverage
Progress made towards the 30% target by 2030
Terrestrial
557 km² of 1.7k km²
Marine
629 km² of 164k km²
Coverage by realm
Coverage trend 1995–2021
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 33.7% reported today. Each line is a share of its own realm's area, so the two share an axis but not a denominator.
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?
31.7%
of protected land assessed
4 / 10
sites assessed
0
IUCN Green Listed sites
Assessment methods used
04Governance
Who governs the protected estate?
Share of area by governance type
Collaborative governance100.0%
8 sites · 1.2k km²
Not Reported0.0%
2 sites · 0 km²
0.0%governed by Indigenous peoples & local communities0IPLC-governed sites
05Protected areas & OECMs
What makes up the protected estate?
10
protected areas
0
OECMs
0.0%
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 sites6nationally designated
06Designations
What kinds of protected area are they?
Sites by designation
National Park6
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)3
