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 animalMasai giraffeGiraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchiEndangeredIUCN Red List global status - very high risk of extinction in the wild.Tanzania holds most of the world's remaining Masai giraffe.Photo: Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0
01Coverage
Progress made towards the 30% target by 2030
Terrestrial
376k km² of 941k km²
Marine
5.6k km² of 241k km²
Coverage by realm
Coverage trend 1905–2021
From each site's year of current legal status, available for 54.7% of sites. Sums site areas, so overlapping designations count more than once. The terrestrial curve therefore ends slightly above the 39.9% 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?
13.8%
of protected land assessed
198 / 867
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 agency73.3%
778 sites · 427k km²
Not Reported21.0%
15 sites · 122k km²
Local communities5.3%
67 sites · 31k km²
Sub-national ministry or agency0.3%
2 sites · 1.4k km²
Collaborative governance0.1%
4 sites · 550 km²
Non-profit organisations0.0%
1 sites · 1 km²
5.3%governed by Indigenous peoples & local communities67IPLC-governed sites
05Protected areas & OECMs
What makes up the protected estate?
867
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 sites856nationally designated
06Designations
What kinds of protected area are they?
Sites by designation
Forest Reserve676
Village Land Forest Reserve30
Open area24
Forest Plantation23
National Park23
Other91
“Other” covers 12 further designations; the full list is in the table view.
