Progress towards protecting 30% of Land and Seas by 2030 for Eastern and Southern Africa
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National animalSable antelopeHippotragus nigerLeast concernIUCN Red List global status - not currently threatened.Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
01Coverage
Progress made towards the 30% target by 2030
Terrestrial
111k km² of 391k km²
Coverage by realm
Coverage trend 1926–2013
From each site's year of current legal status, available for 80.3% of sites. Sums site areas, so overlapping designations count more than once. The terrestrial curve therefore ends slightly above the 28.3% 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?
6.2%
of protected land assessed
10 / 233
sites assessed
0
IUCN Green Listed sites
Assessment methods used
04Governance
Who governs the protected estate?
Share of area by governance type
Not Reported100.0%
233 sites · 120k km²
0.0%governed by Indigenous peoples & local communities0IPLC-governed sites
05Protected areas & OECMs
What makes up the protected estate?
233
protected areas
0
OECMs
1.7%
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.
1transboundary sites223nationally designated
06Designations
What kinds of protected area are they?
Sites by designation
Wildlife Management Area104
State Forest43
Safari Area16
Recreation Park14
National Park11
Other45
“Other” covers 11 further designations; the full list is in the table view.
