In paragraph 5 of decision X/2 (Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020), the Conference of the Parties:

"Urges regional organizations to consider the development or updating of regional biodiversity strategies, as appropriate, including agreeing on regional targets, as a means of complementing and supporting national actions and of contributing to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020;"

A list of regional intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and institutes addressing biodiversity is provided below, as are available Regional Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (RBSAPs) produced to date by some of these bodies.

Africa

• Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC) - Working Group on Biodiversity (GTBAC)
• Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE)
• Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP)
• East African Community
• Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
• Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
• Lake Chad Basin Commission
• Lake Victoria Basin Commission
• Organisation pour la conservation de la faune sauvage en Afrique (OCFSA) (Plan Stratégique Intérimaire (2019-2022))
• Southern African Development Community (SADC) (Regional Strategy)
• West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)
  
  

Americas

• Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO)
• Andean Community (Regional Strategy)
• Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) (The State of Biodiversity in the Caribbean Community: A Review of Progress Towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets)
• Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD) (Regional Strategy)
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad (CONABIO)
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio) (Costa Rica)
• Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN)
• MERCOSUR (Regional Strategy)
• North American Free Trade Agreement - Commission for Environmental Cooperation (NAFTA-CEC) (Regional Strategy)
  
  

Arctic

• Arctic Council - Working Group on Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) (Regional Strategy)
  
  

Asia

• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
• Greater Mekong Subregion Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative
• Heart of Borneo Initiative (WWF)
• South Korean National Institute for Biological Resources (NIBR)
• South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
• Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC)
  
  

Europe

• Council of Europe - Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy (PEBLDS) (Regional Strategy)
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• European Centre for Nature Conservation (ECNC)
• European Environment Agency (EEA)
• European Union (Environment Council) (Regional Strategy)
• Helsinki Commission (Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM)
• OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (Regional Strategy)