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.

China is one of 17 megadiverse countries. China has over 34,687 species of animals and vascular plants, making it the third-most biodiverse country in the world, after Brazil and Colombia.

In England, objectives for forestry are set out in the Forestry and Woodlands Policy Statement (2013), including an aspiration to increase woodland cover from 10% to 12% by 2060, and Northern Ireland aims to double woodland cover to 12% by 2056.