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.

Canada consists of eight distinct forest regions, including extensive boreal forest on the Canadian Shield. The province of Ontario partnered with Trees Ontario to implement a commitment to plant 50 million trees by 2025.

Benin is a tropical, sub-Saharan African nation, highly dependent on agriculture, with substantial employment and income arising from subsistence farming. Benin has recently pledged through the Bonn Challenge to restore 200,000 hectares of its land by 2020, and 300,000 hectares by 2030.