Panama's tropical environment supports an abundance of plants. Forests dominate, interrupted in places by grasslands, scrub, and crops. Panama has committed to restore 1 million hectares by 2020, through a pledge to the Bonn Challenge.

Forests make up 32.7% of the land area of Cote d'Ivoire, and the country is the world's largest exporter of cocoa beans. Cote d'Ivoire has committed to restore 5 million hectares of its land by 2030 through the Bonn Challenge.

Forests account for 28% of France's land area and are some of the most diverse in Europe, comprising more than 140 species of trees. France was one of the first countries to create an environment ministry, in 1971.