WCPA has 13 terrestrial regions.
Each is encouraged to develop its own regional programme and a number have developed Regional Action Plans for Protected Areas.
However, the possibility of direct Secretariat support to the WCPA regions is limited. In order to increase this support it is proposed to strengthen partnerships between WCPA regions and IUCN Regional and Country Offices.
| Region | Vice Chair |
Countries and territories covered IUCN Statutory States are indicated according to Article 5(a) and Regulation 36 of IUCN Statutes |
| East Asia | Yoshitaka Kumagai |
China, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Mongolia China - Macao Special Administrative Region |
| South Asia | Vinod Mathur |
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - British Indian Ocean Territory |
| South East Asia | Agus Budi Utomo | Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, VietNam |
| East and Southern Africa | John Waithaka |
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 |
| North Africa, West Asia, Middle East | Imèn Meliane | 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 |
| West and Central Africa | Charlotte Karibuhoye | 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 |
| 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 |
| North America | Mike Wong | Canada, Mexico, United States of America |
| South America | Cláudio Maretti |
Argentinia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela France - French Guiana |
| Europe | Andrej Sovinc |
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 Eurasia | Sergey Shirokiy |
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Oceania | Penelope Figgis |
Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiriabati, 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 Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America - Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Samoa (American) |
