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Ang Mo Kio New Town
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ang Mo Kio, Singapore (12.57 km²)
- Tree cover
- 37.0%
- Air quality
- 175Unhealthy
- Trees in this area
- 116K
- More trees needed
- 9.4K
- Area analyzed
- 12.51 km²land, in a 12.57 km² circle
- Satellite image
- Sep 26, 2026
Ang Mo Kio New Town's tree count comes to 115,658 trees across 12.51 km² of land — 3 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, meaning roughly 9,378 more trees would close the gap. Air quality currently reads AQI 175 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ang Mo Kio New Town: Below target
37.0% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.51 km² of land.
Trees in this area
115,658
Target trees
125,036
More trees needed
9,378
CO₂ if planted / yr
206.3 t
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ang Mo Kio New Town today: AQI 175, Unhealthy
Observed Oct 20, 07:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Singapore, 3.8 km away · median of 6 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
89.5
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, taglia, wht, Lawliet, One Jervois
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ang Mo Kio New Town lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ang Mo Kio New Town has lost about 1,140 hectares of forest (about 1,600 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from May 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 3 km north of the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,140 haabout 1,600 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 14%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,130 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 38 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 82 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2018, when about 114 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2002 | 41 ha | under 1 ha | 42 ha |
| 2003 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2004 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2005 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2006 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2007 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 101 ha | under 1 ha | 101 ha |
| 2010 | 29 ha | 2 ha | 31 ha |
| 2011 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2012 | 51 ha | 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2013 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2014 | 93 ha | under 1 ha | 93 ha |
| 2015 | 55 ha | under 1 ha | 55 ha |
| 2016 | 77 ha | under 1 ha | 78 ha |
| 2017 | 105 ha | 1 ha | 106 ha |
| 2018 | 113 ha | 1 ha | 114 ha |
| 2019 | 66 ha | under 1 ha | 66 ha |
| 2020 | 48 ha | under 1 ha | 49 ha |
| 2021 | 65 ha | under 1 ha | 65 ha |
| 2022 | 33 ha | 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2023 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 53 ha |
| 2024 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2025 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ang Mo Kio New Town?
- Towns and roadscleared for good85% · 977 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good14% · 155 ha
Also: logging, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 9,940 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,710 ha
- Overall change
- −226 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ang Mo Kio New Town shrank from about 9,940 hectares to 9,710 hectares, a net loss of about 226 hectares (−2.3%). New forest grew on about 860 hectares, but 1,090 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city centre, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the tree count in Ang Mo Kio New Town?
Ang Mo Kio New Town has an estimated 115,658 trees across the 12.51 km² of land measured — 37.0% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ang Mo Kio New Town need?
Ang Mo Kio New Town needs roughly 9,378 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 206.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
What is the air quality (AQI) in Ang Mo Kio New Town right now?
The latest reading for Ang Mo Kio New Town shows an AQI of 175 (Unhealthy), measured Oct 20, 07:00 local time by 6 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Singapore, 3.8 km away). Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
How much forest has the area around Ang Mo Kio New Town lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ang Mo Kio New Town has lost about 1,140 hectares of forest (about 1,600 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss is slowing down: about 38 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 82 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ang Mo Kio New Town shrank from about 9,940 hectares to 9,710 hectares, a net loss of about 226 hectares (−2.3%). New forest grew on about 860 hectares, but 1,090 hectares were lost.
How is Ang Mo Kio New Town's tree cover and air quality measured?
Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Ang Mo Kio; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover. Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Ang Mo Kio, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate.
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