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Trees & air quality in Botswana
How much tree cover Botswana'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
- 26.3%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- Mmaraka Extension 1AQI 48
5 cities in Botswana
Gaborone
2 km around Mmaraka Extension 1
Tree cover
11%
59.4K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Francistown
2 km around C.I.A. Extension
Tree cover
4%
81.1K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Maun
2 km radius
Molepolole
2 km around Molepolole
Tree cover
5%
78.0K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Serowe
2 km around Serowe
Tree cover
2%
88.6K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Botswana as a whole
26.3% of Botswana was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 2.1B trees across 2.1M hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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