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.

Around 25% of the Costa Rica's land area is in protected national parks and protected areas, the largest percentage of protected areas in the world. 

Ukraine has long been a global breadbasket because of its extensive, fertile farmlands and is one of the world's largest grain exporters. Despite this, the country faces environmental issues such as air and water pollution and deforestation, as well as radiation contamination from the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.