Progress towards protecting 30% of Land and Seas by 2030 for Eastern and Southern Africa
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National animalGrey crowned craneBalearica regulorumEndangeredIUCN Red List global status - very high risk of extinction in the wild.The grey crowned crane stands at the centre of the national flag.Photo: Francis C. Franklin · CC BY-SA 3.0
01Coverage
Progress made towards the 30% target by 2030
Terrestrial
39k km² of 241k km²
Coverage by realm
Coverage trend 1929–2008
From each site's year of current legal status, available for 98.6% of sites. Sums site areas, so overlapping designations count more than once. The terrestrial curve therefore ends slightly above the 16.1% 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?
6.6%
of protected land assessed
40 / 711
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 agency85.5%
695 sites · 37k km²
Not Reported12.8%
13 sites · 5.5k km²
Government-delegated management1.7%
3 sites · 748 km²
0.0%governed by Indigenous peoples & local communities0IPLC-governed sites
05Protected areas & OECMs
What makes up the protected estate?
711
protected areas
0
OECMs
13.9%
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 sites695nationally designated
06Designations
What kinds of protected area are they?
Sites by designation
Forest Reserve661
Wildlife Reserve12
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)12
National Park10
Wildlife Sanctuary7
Other9
“Other” covers 3 further designations; the full list is in the table view.
