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
27k km² of 119k km²
Coverage by realm
Coverage trend 1922–2017
From each site's year of current legal status, available for 94% of sites. Sums site areas, so overlapping designations count more than once. The terrestrial curve therefore ends slightly above the 23.1% 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?
12.9%
of protected land assessed
21 / 116
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 agency74.1%
107 sites · 17k km²
Government-delegated management13.4%
3 sites · 3.0k km²
Not Reported12.5%
6 sites · 2.8k km²
0.0%governed by Indigenous peoples & local communities0IPLC-governed sites
05Protected areas & OECMs
What makes up the protected estate?
116
protected areas
0
OECMs
6.9%
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 sites111nationally designated
06Designations
What kinds of protected area are they?
Sites by designation
Forest Reserve79
Proposed Forest Reserve22
National Park5
Wildlife Reserve4
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve2
Other4
“Other” covers 3 further designations; the full list is in the table view.
