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.

Colombia has the largest number of mondasendemic species (species that are not found naturally anywhere else) worldwide. About 10% of the species in the world live in Colombia. 

Armenia's terrain is mostly mountainous, with fast flowing rivers and few forests. Armenia has established a Ministry of Nature Protection and introduced taxes for air and water pollution and solid-waste disposal, whose revenues are used for environmental protection activities.