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.

Ecuador is one of seventeen megadiverse countries in the world, and it has the most biodiversity per square kilometer of any nation. It has the world's first Constitution to recognize the rights of nature. 

One of 17 megadiverse countries, India hosts 8.6% of all mammalian, 13.7% of all avian, 7.9% of all reptilian, 6% of all amphibian, 12.2% of all piscine, and 6.0% of all flowering plant species.