Ecuador is one of seventeen megadiverse countries in the world, and it has the most biodiversity per square kilometer of any nation. It has the world's first Constitution to recognize the rights of nature. 

Mexico is home to 10–12% of the world's biodiversity. Mexico's national government has pledged to restore 6.5 million hectares of land by 2020, and three states have made additional commitments to the Bonn Challenge.

Armenia's terrain is mostly mountainous, with fast flowing rivers and few forests. Armenia has established a Ministry of Nature Protection and introduced taxes for air and water pollution and solid-waste disposal, whose revenues are used for environmental protection activities.