Progress towards protecting 30% of Land and Seas by 2030 for Eastern and Southern Africa
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National animalBlack rhinocerosDiceros bicornisCritically endangeredIUCN Red List global status - extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
01Coverage
Progress made towards the 30% target by 2030
Terrestrial
7.2k km² of 31k km²
Coverage by realm
Coverage trend 1970–2011
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 23.4% 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?
0.3%
of protected land assessed
3 / 9
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 agency67.0%
6 sites · 6.5k km²
Not Reported25.3%
1 sites · 2.4k km²
Local communities7.7%
2 sites · 746 km²
7.7%governed by Indigenous peoples & local communities2IPLC-governed sites
05Protected areas & OECMs
What makes up the protected estate?
9
protected areas
0
OECMs
6.6%
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.
1transboundary sites7nationally designated
06Designations
What kinds of protected area are they?
Sites by designation
National Park2
Range Management Areas2
Conservation and Development Area1
Cultural Heritage Site1
Nature Reserve1
Other2
“Other” covers 2 further designations; the full list is in the table view.
