Progress towards protecting 30% of Land and Seas by 2030 for Eastern and Southern Africa
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National animalLeopardPanthera pardusVulnerableIUCN Red List global status - 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
2.3k km² of 25k km²
Coverage by realm
Coverage trend 1929–2023
From each site's year of current legal status, available for 70% of sites. Sums site areas, so overlapping designations count more than once. The terrestrial curve therefore ends slightly above the 9.1% 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?
8.7%
of protected land assessed
5 / 10
sites assessed
0
IUCN Green Listed · 2 candidates
Assessment methods used
04Governance
Who governs the protected estate?
Share of area by governance type
Federal or national ministry or agency59.2%
4 sites · 2.2k km²
Not Reported40.8%
6 sites · 1.5k km²
0.0%governed by Indigenous peoples & local communities0IPLC-governed sites
05Protected areas & OECMs
What makes up the protected estate?
10
protected areas
0
OECMs
20.9%
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 sites7nationally designated
06Designations
What kinds of protected area are they?
Sites by designation
National Park4
Other Area3
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve1
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)1
