Countries and territories visited by the author are written in normal font. Those that have not yet been visited are in italic font. So far, 55 countries and territories have been visited, of wich about 90% for purposes linked to coconut research and development activities.
The Pacific region - La région Pacifique
01) Cook Islands - 02) French Polynesia - 03) Hawaii - Kiribati - Marshall Islands - Micronesia - Nauru - 04) New Caledonia - 05) New Zealand - Northern Mariana Islands - Palau - 06) Papua New Guinea - 07) Samoa- American Samoa - 08) Solomon Islands - 09) Tonga - 10) Tuvalu - 11) Vanuatu - 12) Wallis and Futuna
The Pacific Islands is made up of three sub regions: Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Melanesia means “black islands” in Greek and consists of roughly 2,000 islands in South Pacific Ocean that extends from New Guinea, stretches to New Caledonia and includes the Arafura Sea. Micronesia includes the area between Hawaii and the Philippines, and also consists of about 2,000 islands. Polynesia encompasses about 1,000 islands that stretch from Hawaii, to Easter Island to New Zealand.
Asia - Asie
Afghanistan
- Armenia - Azerbaijan - Bahrain - Bangladesh - Bhutan - Brunei - Cambodia - China
- Cyprus - Georgia - Hong Kong - 13) India - 14) Indonesia - Iran - Iraq - Israel - 15) Japan
- Jordan - Kazakhstan - Kuwait - Kyrgyzstan - Laos - Lebanon - Macao - 16) Malaysia
- Maldives - Mongolia - Myanmar - Nepal - North Korea - 17) Oman - Pakistan - 18) Philippines
- Qatar - Saudi Arabia - 19) Singapore - 20) South Korea - 21) Sri Lanka - State of
Palestine - Syria - Taiwan - Tajikistan - 22) Thailand - Timor-Leste - 23) Turkey - Turkmenistan
- United Arab Emirates - Uzbekistan - 24) Vietnam - Yemen
Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent. It shares the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe, and the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa and Europe. Asia covers about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilizations. In 2021, its 4.7 billion people constitutes roughly 60% of the world's population.
Africa
25) Algeria - Angola - Azores - 26) Benin - Botswana - 27) Burkina Faso - Burundi - 28) Cameroon - Canary Islands - Cape Verde - Central African Republic - Ceuta - Chad - 29) Comoros - Congo - 30) Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) - Djibouti - Egypt - Equatorial Guinea - Eritrea - Eswatini - Ethiopia - French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Gabon - Gambia - 31) Ghana - Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - 32) Kenya - Lesotho - Liberia - Libya - Madagascar - Madeira - Malawi - 33) Mali - Mauritania - Mauritius - 34) Mayotte - Melilla - 35) Morocco - 36) Mozambique - Namibia - Niger - Nigeria - Pelagie Islands - Plazas de soberanía - 37) La Réunion - Rwanda - Sahrawi - Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - Sao Tome and Principe - Sénegal - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - Socotra Archipelago - Somalia - Somaliland - South Africa - South Sudan - Sudan - 38) Tanzania - 39) Togo - Tunisia - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos. It contains 54 fully recognised sovereign states (countries), eight territories and two de facto independent states with limited or no recognition.
Americas
Anguilla - Antigua-et-Barbuda - Archipel de San Andrés,
Providencia et Santa Catalina - Argentine - Aruba - Bahamas - Barbade - Belize
- Bermudes - Bolivie - Bonaire - 40) Brésil - 41) Canada - Chili - Colombia - Costa
Rica - Cuba - Curaçao - Dépendances fédérales (Venezuela) - 42) Dominique - 43) Ecuador - 44) United States - Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du Sud - Grenade - Groenland
- 45) Guadeloupe - Guatemala - Guyana - Guyane française - Haïti - Honduras - Île
Clipperton (France) - Île de la Navasse - Île Guadalupe - Îles Caïmans - Îles
Galápagos - Îles Malouines - Îles Turques-et-Caïques - Îles Vierges
britanniques - Îles Vierges des États-Unis (États-Unis) - 46) Jamaïque - Martinique
- 47) Mexico - Montserrat - Nicaragua - Panama - Paraguay - Pérou - Porto Rico - 48) Dominican Republic - Saba - Saint-Barthélemy - Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès - Sainte-Lucie
- Saint-Eustache - Saint-Martin (France) - Saint-Martin (Pays-Bas) - Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
- Saint-Vincent-et-les-Grenadines - Salvador - Suriname - Trinité-et-Tobago - Uruguay
– Venezuela.
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America,are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America.The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with their associated islands, the Americas cover 8% of Earth's total surface area and 28.4% of its land area. Since the Americas extend 14,000 km (8,700 mi) from north to south, the climate and ecology vary widely, from the arctic tundra of Northern Canada, Greenland, and Alaska, to the tropical rain forests in Central America and South America.
Europe
Albania - Andorra - Austria - Belarus - 49) Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Channel Islands - Croatia - 50) Czech Republic (Czechia) - Denmark - Estonia - Faeroe Islands - Finland - 51) France - Germany - Greece - Holy See - Hungary - Iceland - Ireland - Isle of Man - 52) Italy - Latvia - Liechtenstein - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malta - Moldova - Monaco - Montenegro - Netherlands - North Macedonia - Norway - Poland - 53) Portugal - Romania - Russia - San Marino - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - 54) Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Ukraine - 55) United Kingdom
Europe is a continent comprising the westernmost peninsulas of Eurasia, located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe is commonly considered to be separated from Asia by the watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea and the waterways of the Turkish Straits. Europe covers about 10.18 million km2 (3.93 million sq mi), or 2% of Earth's surface (6.8% of land area), making it the second-smallest continent.
©R. Bourdeix, 2022, section DPP- Documentation par pays
These high definition posters are related to various aspects of coconut diversity, cultivation and culture. They were initially conceived as pictures plates to be inserted in the document "Global Strategy for Conservation and Use of Coconut Genetic Resources" of the COGENT network. 
