Up to 8% of the Central African Republic is covered by forest, and its forests are highly diverse and include commercially important species of Ayous, Sapelli and Sipo. The Central African Republic has committed to restoring 1 million hectares of land by 2020 through the Bonn Challenge, and 2.5 million hectares by 2030.

Forests in the Republic of the Congo are under increasing exploitation pressure, although petroleum extraction has supplanted forestry as the mainstay of the economy. 

Guatemala has multiple pledges to the Bonn Challenge: a national commitment to restore 1.2 million hectares and the first pledge by private reserves, from the Association of Guatemalan Private Natural Reserves for 40,000 hectares.