A REDD Country Participant is a developing country located in a subtropical or tropical area that has signed a Participation Agreement to participate in the Readiness Fund. Forty-seven developing countries have been selected to join the FCPF (18 in Africa, 18 in Latin America, and 11 in the Asia-Pacific region). The thirty-six countries that were selected to join the FCPF at its inception have signed the Participation Agreement. The eight additional countries that were selected to join the FCPF in December 2013 are currently in the process of signing the Participation Agreement.