Progress towards protecting 30% of Land and Seas by 2030 for Eastern and Southern Africa
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National animalAfrican fish eagleHaliaeetus vociferLeast concernIUCN Red List global status - not currently threatened.The African fish eagle is the national coat of arms.Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
01Coverage
Progress made towards the 30% target by 2030
Terrestrial
98k km² of 633k km²
Coverage by realm
Coverage trend 1939–2006
From each site's year of current legal status, available for 77.8% of sites. Sums site areas, so overlapping designations count more than once. The terrestrial curve therefore ends slightly above the 15.4% 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?
9.3%
of protected land assessed
4 / 27
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 agency81.4%
26 sites · 106k km²
Not Reported18.6%
1 sites · 24k km²
0.0%governed by Indigenous peoples & local communities0IPLC-governed sites
05Protected areas & OECMs
What makes up the protected estate?
27
protected areas
0
OECMs
14.6%
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 sites26nationally designated
06Designations
What kinds of protected area are they?
Sites by designation
Game Reserve12
National Park10
Nature Conservation Area2
Bird Sanctuary1
Forest Reserve1
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)1
