Progress towards protecting 30% of Land and Seas by 2030 for Eastern and Southern Africa
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Explore the 25 countries covered by our region.
National animalOkapiOkapia johnstoniEndangeredIUCN Red List global status - very high risk of extinction in the wild.Endemic to the Ituri rainforest — it lives in the wild nowhere else.Photo: k7hpn · CC BY 2.0
01Coverage
Progress made towards the 30% target by 2030
Terrestrial
348k km² of 2.33M km²
Marine
67 km² of 13k km²
Coverage by realm
Coverage trend 1905–2019
From each site's year of current legal status, available for 88.3% of sites. Sums site areas, so overlapping designations count more than once. The terrestrial curve therefore ends slightly above the 14.9% 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?
7.3%
of protected land assessed
27 / 60
sites assessed
0
IUCN Green Listed sites
Assessment methods used
04Governance
Who governs the protected estate?
Share of area by governance type
Not Reported89.2%
46 sites · 418k km²
Federal or national ministry or agency6.6%
7 sites · 31k km²
Government-delegated management3.8%
5 sites · 18k km²
Collaborative governance0.3%
2 sites · 1.5k km²
0.0%governed by Indigenous peoples & local communities0IPLC-governed sites
05Protected areas & OECMs
What makes up the protected estate?
60
protected areas
0
OECMs
15.1%
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 sites48nationally designated
06Designations
What kinds of protected area are they?
Sites by designation
Hunting Area14
Nature reserve11
National Park9
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)5
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)4
Other17
“Other” covers 10 further designations; the full list is in the table view.
