City report · Rivers State, Nigeria
Buguma Air quality today
Air quality in Buguma currently reads AQI 102 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 102
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 36.0
- tree cover
- 58.3%
- trees in this area
- 146K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Buguma 504101, Rivers, Nigeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Apr 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Buguma · AQI 102 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Buguma's tree count comes to 146,341 trees across 10.04 km² of land, already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Buguma today: AQI 102, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Ohaeto Street, Dline Port Harcourt, Rivers State, 17.3 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
36.0
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Media Awareness and Justice Initiative, Uniport-UCAM Urban AQ
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Buguma's daily AQI at 72 on average, from 64 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 141 on Nov 4.
Where Buguma stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Buguma: Healthy tree cover
58.3% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.04 km² of land.
Trees in this area
146,341
Target trees
146,341
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Buguma lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Buguma has lost about 291 hectares of forest (about 410 football pitches): 1.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 291 haabout 410 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 242 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2024, when about 38 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2008 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2013 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2014 | 20 ha | 2 ha | 23 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2017 | 34 ha | 3 ha | 37 ha |
| 2018 | 11 ha | 2 ha | 13 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2021 | 32 ha | 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2022 | 26 ha | 10 ha | 36 ha |
| 2023 | 26 ha | 2 ha | 29 ha |
| 2024 | 35 ha | 4 ha | 38 ha |
| 2025 | 8 ha | 6 ha | 14 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Buguma?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good62% · 181 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good21% · 60 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back8.7% · 25 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, 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
- 6,660 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,200 ha
- Overall change
- −452 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Buguma shrank from about 6,660 hectares to 6,200 hectares, a net loss of about 452 hectares (−6.8%). New forest grew on about 69 hectares, but 522 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 center, 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 air quality (AQI) in Buguma right now?
The latest reading for Buguma shows an AQI of 102 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Ohaeto Street, Dline Port Harcourt, Rivers State, 17.3 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Buguma today?
At AQI 102 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Buguma been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Buguma's daily AQI at 72 on average, from 64 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 141 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Buguma lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Buguma has lost about 291 hectares of forest (about 410 football pitches): 1.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Buguma shrank from about 6,660 hectares to 6,200 hectares, a net loss of about 452 hectares (−6.8%). New forest grew on about 69 hectares, but 522 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Buguma?
Buguma has an estimated 146,341 trees across the 10.04 km² of land measured — 58.3% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Buguma need?
Buguma has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Buguma's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Buguma 504101, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Buguma 504101; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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