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Trees & air quality in Peru
How much tree cover Peru'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
- 56.1%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- Historical Centre of ArequipaAQI 122
5 cities in Peru
Lima
2 km around Rimac
Tree cover
1%
90.7K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Arequipa
2 km around Historical Centre of Arequipa
Tree cover
7%
87.3K
trees needed
to reach 35%
Trujillo
2 km radius
Piura
2 km radius
Chiclayo
2 km radius
Peru as a whole
56.1% of Peru 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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