Progress towards protecting 30% of Land and Seas by 2030 for Eastern and Southern Africa
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National animalAfrican elephantLoxodonta africanaEndangeredIUCN Red List global status - very 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
232k km² of 786k km²
Marine
12k km² of 566k km²
Coverage by realm
Coverage trend 1950–2019
From each site's year of current legal status, available for 54.2% of sites. Sums site areas, so overlapping designations count more than once. The terrestrial curve therefore ends slightly above the 29.5% 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?
17.6%
of protected land assessed
23 / 59
sites assessed
0
IUCN Green Listed sites
Assessment methods used
04Governance
Who governs the protected estate?
Share of area by governance type
Government-delegated management33.8%
21 sites · 83k km²
Collaborative governance30.8%
9 sites · 75k km²
Federal or national ministry or agency19.5%
24 sites · 48k km²
Not Reported12.9%
1 sites · 32k km²
Local communities2.8%
3 sites · 6.8k km²
Non-profit organisations0.2%
1 sites · 438 km²
2.8%governed by Indigenous peoples & local communities3IPLC-governed sites
05Protected areas & OECMs
What makes up the protected estate?
59
protected areas
0
OECMs
0.5%
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 sites56nationally designated
06Designations
What kinds of protected area are they?
Sites by designation
Hunting Reserve20
Forest Reserve14
National Park9
National Reserve4
Community Conservation Area3
Other9
“Other” covers 6 further designations; the full list is in the table view.
