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

Allan Valverde Blanco

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

East and Southern Africa

Harriet Mostert

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

East Asia

Yoshitaka Kumagai

China, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Mongolia

China—Macao Special Administrative Region

Europe

Erika Stanciu

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

North Africa, West Asia, Middle East

Nizar Hani

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

North America

Mike Wong

Canada, Mexico, United States of America

North Eurasia

Tatjana (Tanya) Rosen

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Oceania

Lou Sanson

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)

South America

Paula Bueno

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

France—French Guiana

South Asia

Sonali Ghosh

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland—British Indian Ocean Territory

Southeast Asia

Amran Hamzah

Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

West and Central Africa

Florence Palla

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