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Trees & air quality in Cameroon
How much tree cover Cameroon'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
- 42.7%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- BafoussamAQI 56
5 cities in Cameroon
Yaoundé
2 km radius
Douala
2 km around Akwa II
Tree cover
10%
57.9K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Bamenda
2 km radius
Bafoussam
2 km around Bafoussam
Tree cover
25%
15.1K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Maroua
2 km around Domayo
Tree cover
43%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Cameroon as a whole
42.7% of Cameroon was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. That already clears the benchmark — the city reports above show where cover is still thin locally. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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