Over 40% of Belarus' 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) is forested. About a fifth of Belarusian land (principally farmland and forests in the southeastern regions) was affected by radiation fallout from Ukraine's 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

The Netherlands is geographically a very low and flat country, with about 26% of its area and 21% of its population located below sea level, and only about 50% of its land exceeding one metre above sea level. The Netherlands has 20 national parks and hundreds of other nature reserves that include lakes, heathland, woods, dunes and other habitats.

Cameroon's natural resources are well suited to agriculture and arboriculture, with 70% of the population engaged in farming, and agriculture made up an estimated 19.8% of GDP in 2009. Most agriculture is done at the subsistence scale by local farmers using simple tools.