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Trees & air quality in Uganda
How much tree cover Uganda'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
- 11.0%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- NakaseroAQI 71
5 cities in Uganda
Kampala
2 km around Nakasero
Tree cover
17%
40.9K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Mbarara
2 km radius
Njeru
2 km around Buikwe
Tree cover
36%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Gulu
2 km around Gulu
Tree cover
48%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Katabi
2 km radius
Uganda as a whole
11.0% of Uganda was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 3.8B trees across 3.8M hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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