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 animalSecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusEndangeredIUCN Red List global status - very high risk of extinction in the wild.The secretarybird is the centre of the national emblem.Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
01Coverage
Progress made towards the 30% target by 2030
Terrestrial
52k km² of 1.86M km²
Marine
11k km² of 63k km²
Coverage by realm
Coverage trend 1935–2022
From each site's year of current legal status, available for 62.5% of sites. Sums site areas, so overlapping designations count more than once. The terrestrial curve therefore ends slightly above the 2.8% 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?
0.9%
of protected land assessed
4 / 24
sites assessed
0
IUCN Green Listed sites
Assessment methods used
04Governance
Who governs the protected estate?
Share of area by governance type
Not Reported58.9%
15 sites · 12k km²
Federal or national ministry or agency41.1%
9 sites · 8.4k km²
0.0%governed by Indigenous peoples & local communities0IPLC-governed sites
05Protected areas & OECMs
What makes up the protected estate?
24
protected areas
0
OECMs
27.2%
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 sites17nationally designated
06Designations
What kinds of protected area are they?
Sites by designation
Bird Sanctuary4
National Park4
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)4
Game Reserve2
Marine National Park2
Other8
“Other” covers 5 further designations; the full list is in the table view.
