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 animalDodoRaphus cucullatusExtinctIUCN Red List global status - no known individuals remain.On the national coat of arms; last recorded alive in the 17th century.Photo: BazzaDaRambler · CC BY 2.0
01Coverage
Progress made towards the 30% target by 2030
Terrestrial
101 km² of 2.0k km²
Marine
45 km² of 1.93M km²
Coverage by realm
Coverage trend 1951–2011
From each site's year of current legal status, available for 97.7% of sites. Sums site areas, so overlapping designations count more than once. The terrestrial curve therefore ends slightly above the 5.0% 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?
3.1%
of protected land assessed
13 / 43
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 agency100.0%
38 sites · 176 km²
Sub-national ministry or agency0.0%
5 sites · 0 km²
0.0%governed by Indigenous peoples & local communities0IPLC-governed sites
05Protected areas & OECMs
What makes up the protected estate?
43
protected areas
0
OECMs
25.0%
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 sites39nationally designated
06Designations
What kinds of protected area are they?
Sites by designation
Nature Reserve18
Islet National Park8
Fishing Reserve6
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)3
Marine Park2
Other6
“Other” covers 5 further designations; the full list is in the table view.
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