Sri Lanka has a remarkably high proportion of the species among its flora and fauna -- 27% of the 3,210 flowering plants and 22% of the mammals -- that are endemic.

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. 

One of the smallest countries in Africa, Burundi's lands are mostly agricultural or pasture. Settlement by rural populations has led to deforestation, soil erosion and habitat loss. The government of Burundi pledged to restore 2 million hectares of land by 2020.