Regions
WCPA has 12 main terrestrial regions across the world, with associated Regional Vice Chairs that develop and lead region-specific conservation plans:
Region |
Regional Vice Chair |
Countries and territories covered |
Caribbean and Central America |
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago France鈥擬artinique, Saint Martin The Netherlands鈥擜ruba, Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), Cura莽ao, Sint Maarten United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland鈥 Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands United States of America鈥擯uerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands |
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East and Southern Africa |
Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe France鈥擬ayotte, R茅union |
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East Asia |
China, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Mongolia China鈥擬acao Special Administrative Region |
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Europe |
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Norway(Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands), Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom Denmark鈥 Faroe Islands United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland鈥擥ibraltar |
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North Africa, West Asia, Middle East |
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, State of Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen |
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North America |
Canada, Mexico, United States of America |
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North Eurasia |
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
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Oceania |
Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu France鈥擣rench Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna Islands United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland鈥擯itcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands United States of America鈥擥uam, Northern Mariana Islands, Samoa (American) |
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South America |
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela France鈥擣rench Guiana |
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South Asia |
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland鈥擝ritish Indian Ocean Territory |
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Southeast Asia |
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam |
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West and Central Africa |
Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of C貌te d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo |