United Republic of Tanzania, Africa
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Number of Protected areas
840
183
with management effectiveness evaluationsPolygons/Points ratio
99%
Polygons1%
PointsNumber of sources
For International designations | 4 |
For National designations | 7 |
TOTAL | 11 |
Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial
38.0%
coverage361,594 km2
Land Area Protected947,253 km2
Total Land Area33.0%
with management effectiveness evaluation118,704.0 km2
Area Assessed
Area marine
3.0%
coverage7,329 km2
Marine Area Protected243,130 km2
Total Marine Area56.0%
with management effectiveness evaluation4,070.0 km2
Area AssessedWarning: These statistics might differ from those reported officially by countries due to difference in methodologies and datasets used to assess protected area coverage and differences in the base maps used to measure terrestrial and marine area of a country or territory.
IUCN Management categories
Management categories | Count | % |
---|---|---|
Ib | 8 | 0.95 |
II | 14 | 1.67 |
III | 1 | 0.12 |
IV | 53 | 6.31 |
VI | 19 | 2.26 |
Not Reported | 738 | 87.86 |
Not Applicable | 7 | 0.83 |
Governance types
Name | Governance type | Count | % |
---|---|---|---|
Federal or national ministry or agency | 775 | 92.26 | |
Not Reported | 19 | 2.26 | |
Local communities | 39 | 4.64 | |
Collaborative governance | 4 | 0.48 | |
Non-profit organisations | 1 | 0.12 | |
Sub-national ministry or agency | 2 | 0.24 |
National designations
17
Regional designations
0
Categories | Count |
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