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Trees & air quality in Papua New Guinea
How much tree cover Papua New Guinea'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
- 79.0%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- Port MoresbyAQI 58
5 cities in Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
2 km around Port Moresby
Tree cover
6%
25.7K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Lae
2 km radius
Arawa
2 km radius
Mount Hagen
2 km radius
Popondetta
2 km around Popondetta Northern Province
Tree cover
88%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Papua New Guinea as a whole
79.0% of Papua New Guinea 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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