Over 40% of Belarus' 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) is forested. About a fifth of Belarusian land (principally farmland and forests in the southeastern regions) was affected by radiation fallout from Ukraine's 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Brazil's Amazon rainforest is recognized as having the greatest biological diversity in the world. Through Bonn Challenge pledges by the Brazilian government and the Mata Atlântica Restoration Pact, 13 million hectares will be restored in Brazil by 2030.

36% of Indonesia's 1,531 species of bird and 39% of its 515 species of mammal are endemic. Indonesia is home to the first private sector pledge to the Bonn Challenge, by Asia Pulp & Paper Group for 1 million hectares.