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Trees & air quality in France
How much tree cover France'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
- 32.5%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- Ile de la CitéAQI 40
5 cities in France
Paris
2 km around Ile de la Cité
Tree cover
14%
46.7K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Marseille
2 km around Noailles
Tree cover
14%
47.2K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Lyon
2 km radius
Toulouse
2 km around Capitole de Toulouse
Tree cover
25%
16.7K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Nice
2 km around Jean-Médecin
Tree cover
19%
28.8K
trees needed
to reach 30%
France as a whole
32.5% of France 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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