Progress towards protecting 30% of Land and Seas by 2030 for Eastern and Southern Africa
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National animalThomson's gazelleEudorcas thomsoniiLeast concernIUCN Red List global status - not currently threatened.Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
01Coverage
Progress made towards the 30% target by 2030
Terrestrial
816 km² of 17k km²
Coverage by realm
Coverage trend 1963–2020
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 4.3% 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?
4.0%
of protected land assessed
7 / 23
sites assessed
0
IUCN Green Listed sites
Assessment methods used
04Governance
Who governs the protected estate?
Share of area by governance type
Joint governance81.5%
2 sites · 2.7k km²
Federal or national ministry or agency10.0%
3 sites · 332 km²
Non-profit organisations4.4%
2 sites · 146 km²
Individual landowners2.2%
8 sites · 74 km²
Local communities1.5%
4 sites · 49 km²
Not Reported0.4%
3 sites · 12 km²
Government-delegated management0.0%
1 sites · 0 km²
1.5%governed by Indigenous peoples & local communities4IPLC-governed sites
05Protected areas & OECMs
What makes up the protected estate?
23
protected areas
8
OECMs
25.3%
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 sites19nationally designated
06Designations
What kinds of protected area are they?
Sites by designation
Nature Reserve10
OECM8
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)3
