Progress towards protecting 30% of Land and Seas by 2030 for Eastern and Southern Africa
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01Coverage
Progress made towards the 30% target by 2030
Terrestrial
76k km² of 591k km²
Marine
16k km² of 1.20M km²
Coverage by realm
Coverage trend 1927–2021
From each site's year of current legal status, available for 99.4% of sites. Sums site areas, so overlapping designations count more than once. The terrestrial curve therefore ends slightly above the 12.8% 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?
8.5%
of protected land assessed
80 / 170
sites assessed
0
IUCN Green Listed · 7 candidates
Assessment methods used
04Governance
Who governs the protected estate?
Share of area by governance type
Government-delegated management59.1%
97 sites · 84k km²
Not Reported23.6%
24 sites · 34k km²
Federal or national ministry or agency17.4%
49 sites · 25k km²
0.0%governed by Indigenous peoples & local communities0IPLC-governed sites
05Protected areas & OECMs
What makes up the protected estate?
170
protected areas
0
OECMs
17.2%
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 sites143nationally designated
06Designations
What kinds of protected area are they?
Sites by designation
Protected Landscape40
National Park30
Protected Area30
Special Reserve22
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)22
Other26
“Other” covers 8 further designations; the full list is in the table view.
