Agriculture & Food

What is unique about three countries Bhutan, Suriname and Panama?

They are not signatories to the Paris Agreement
They are the top 3 countries in terms of per capita CO2 emissions
All three are 100% vegetarian countries
All three are carbon negative countries

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All three are carbon negative countries

And here's something for you to take back

Three small countries in the world have something amazing to boast about - they are all carbon negative.

Serious!

Bhutan, Suriname, and Panama stand out from the rest of the world because they absorb more greenhouse gases than they emit.

We were curious how this was possible, and it did not take long to find the answer: Their forest cover.

Suriname has a 97% forest cover - 97% of their land is forest, that sounds insanely good, really.
Bhutan has a 72% forest cover
Panama has a forest cover of over 60%

The numbers for Panama and Bhutan sound average only because of Suriname!

Now, let's see how much forest cover the world's top three emitters - China, USA & India respectively - have: