DOI-ITAP Regions

DOI-ITAP’s work around the world can be sorted geographically, as listed below. This section provides a brief description of our work in each region, as well as an outline of our current projects. Additional details on our work by region and project can be found in factsheets, news bulletins, and other materials linked to these pages, as available.

Asia, the Pacific Islands, & the Arctic

DOI-ITAP provides support on critical conservation efforts in Asia, such as enhancing the sustainable management of Indonesia’s mining industry; promoting environment law enforcement in the Philippines; and the conducting Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) training in Cambodia.

Latin America & the Caribbean

DOI-ITAP work in the LAC region focuses on a variety of priorities, ranging from energy independence in Argentina, environmental offsets in Colombia, protection of archaeological sites in Guatemala, climate change adaptation in Panama, and counter wildlife trafficking throughout Central America, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Chile.

North Africa & the Middle East

DOI-ITAP work in the Middle East and North Africa focuses on improved conservation and sustainable tourism in cultural and natural protected areas, capacity building for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and enhanced civil society engagement.

Sub-Saharan Africa

DOI-ITAP's work in Sub-Saharan Africa has included protected areas management, tourism development, natural resource conservation program development, rural community engagement in natural resources conservation, land cover mapping, groundwater resource monitoring, and combatting wildlife trafficking.

Europe & Eurasia

DOI-ITAP has provided support on critical conservation efforts in Europe and Eurasia, including developing Georgia’s national parks system for recreation and tourism, employing displaced people in Croatia’s national parks, and providing recommendations on rangeland management in Tajikistan.

Cross-Regional Programs

DOI-ITAP also manages projects that cross-continents, bringing representatives from a variety of countries to a single location, either within or outside the U.S., for technical exchanges, capacity building, and sharing lessons learned.