Angola
The protected land areas increased from 6.5% after Angola’s independence to 12.58% of the national surface area in 2013. The creation of a network of marine protected areas is expected in the near future . The Ministry of the Environment, in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries and the Sea, foresees the creation of a network of marine protected areas, in which a Networking Plan for Marine Protected Areas will be prepared, where the classification and characteristics of the network of marine protected areas, as well as the management and conservation measures to be applied to each of the defined protection and management classes will be proposed.
Protected and conserved areas designated as global sites of importance |
|
Global designation |
Number of sites |
UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserves |
0 |
UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Natural or Mixed) |
0 |
Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar sites) |
0 |
Source ((Ramsar, 2019; UNESCO, 2019a, 2019b)
Priority areas for conservation |
|
Designation |
Number of sites |
Alliance for Zero Extinction sites |
1 |
Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas |
23 |
Key Biodiversity Areas |
2 |
(AZE Secretariat, 2019; BirdLife International, 2019c, 2019a)