Regions
WCPA has 12 main terrestrial regions across the world, with associated Regional Vice Chairs that develop and lead region-specific conservation plans:
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Regional Vice Chair |
Countries and territories covered |
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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—Martinique, Saint Martin The Netherlands—Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), Curaçao, Sint Maarten United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland— Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands United States of America—Puerto 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—Mayotte, Réunion |
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East Asia |
China, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Mongolia China—Macao 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— Faroe Islands United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland—Gibraltar |
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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—French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna Islands United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland—Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands United States of America—Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Samoa (American) |
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South America |
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela France—French Guiana |
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South Asia |
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland—British 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 Còte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo |