Regions, subregions and countries/territories according to IPBES, see links in column "Region"
Region Subregions Countries and territories
East Africa and Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte a, Reunion a, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia,
adjacent islands South Sudan, Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania
Southern Africa Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Africa
Central Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
North Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia and Western Sahara b
West Africa Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria,
Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo
North America Canada and United States of America
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama
Americas
Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic c, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago
South America Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana c, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Oceania Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea,
Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Pacific island territories of Cook Islands, New Caledonia, American
Samoa a, Tokelau a, French Polynesia a, Niue a, Guam a, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Pitcairn Islanda and
Wallis and Futuna a. Oceanic and sub-Antarctic islands in the Pacific region (or Pacific and Indian Ocean regions)
Asia-Pacific
South-East Asia Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam
North-East Asia China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia and Republic of Korea
South Asia Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Western Asia Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen (Arabian peninsula); Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon,
State of Palestine and Syrian Arab Republic (Mashreq)
Central and Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro,
Western Europe Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey (Group of Central
European countries)
Central Asia
Europe and
Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein,
Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Group of Western European countries)
Eastern Europe Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation and Ukraine
Central Asia Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
a. Overseas territory
b. Territory under negotiation between the parties concerned, as recognized by the Security Council and the General Assembly of the United Nations in their relevant resolutions
c. On socioeconomic, cultural and historical grounds, the Dominican Republic could be considered part of Mesoamerica, and Guyana part of the Caribbean
