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 animalAldabra giant tortoiseAldabrachelys giganteaVulnerableIUCN Red List global status - high risk of extinction in the wild. Assessed as Geochelone gigantea.Aldabra atoll holds the world's largest population, a World Heritage site.Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim · GFDL 1.2
01Coverage
Progress made towards the 30% target by 2030
Terrestrial
383 km² of 562 km²
Marine
437k km² of 1.34M km²
Coverage by realm
Coverage trend 1966–2020
From each site's year of current legal status, available for 80.4% of sites. Sums site areas, so overlapping designations count more than once. The terrestrial curve therefore ends slightly above the 68.1% 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?
34.1%
of protected land assessed
9 / 51
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%
48 sites · 438k km²
Not Reported0.0%
3 sites · 1 km²
0.0%governed by Indigenous peoples & local communities0IPLC-governed sites
05Protected areas & OECMs
What makes up the protected estate?
51
protected areas
0
OECMs
0.0%
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 sites45nationally designated
06Designations
What kinds of protected area are they?
Sites by designation
Marine National Park11
Nature Reserve9
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty8
Special Reserve8
National Park4
Other11
“Other” covers 4 further designations; the full list is in the table view.
