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Trees & air quality in Australia
How much tree cover Australia's major cities have, what their air quality is right now, and how many more trees each one needs. Every report covers the same 2 km area, so the cities compare like for like.
- Cities tracked
- 5
- National forest cover
- 17.4%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- Brisbane City QLDAQI 59
5 cities in Australia
Sydney
2 km around Sydney NSW 2000
Tree cover
22%
18.5K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Melbourne
2 km around CBD
Tree cover
17%
39.6K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Canberra
2 km around Canberra ACT 2601
Tree cover
39%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Brisbane
2 km around Brisbane City QLD
Tree cover
19%
29.9K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Perth
2 km around Perth WA 6000
Tree cover
17%
33.6K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Australia as a whole
17.4% of Australia was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 96.8B trees across 96.8M hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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