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Trees & air quality in Colombia
How much tree cover Colombia'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
- 52.8%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- El ListonAQI 59
5 cities in Colombia
Bogotá
2 km around El Liston
Tree cover
6%
76.0K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Cali
2 km radius
Medellín
2 km radius
Barranquilla
2 km radius
Cartagena
2 km radius
Colombia as a whole
52.8% of Colombia 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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