Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of its wildlife and more than 80 percent of Madagascar's 14,883 plant species are found nowhere else in the world. 

The Kenyan Highlands comprise one of the most successful agricultural production regions in Africa, but overexploitation over the past three decades has reduced the country's timber resources by one-half. 

Moldova's rich soil and temperate continental climate (with warm summers and mild winters) have made the country one of the most productive agricultural regions since ancient times, and a major supplier of agricultural products in southeastern Europe.