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Jurong Town
Measured across a 2 km radius around Jurong West, Singapore (12.57 km²)
- Tree cover
- 23.2%
- Air quality
- 143Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- Trees in this area
- 69.0K
- More trees needed
- 35.1K
- Area analyzed
- 11.9 km²land, in a 12.57 km² circle
- Satellite image
- Sep 26, 2026
Jurong Town's tree count comes to 69,022 trees across 11.9 km² of land — 12 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, meaning roughly 35,106 more trees would close the gap. Air quality currently reads AQI 143 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Jurong Town: Below target
23.2% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.9 km² of land.
Trees in this area
69,022
Target trees
104,128
More trees needed
35,106
CO₂ if planted / yr
772.3 t
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jurong Town today: AQI 143, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Observed Oct 20, 06:05 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Midwood, 5.6 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
52.5
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Clarity, Lawliet
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jurong Town lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jurong Town has lost about 1,250 hectares of forest (about 1,800 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,250 haabout 1,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 16%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,240 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 71 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 105 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2019, when about 167 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2002 | 41 ha | under 1 ha | 42 ha |
| 2003 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2004 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2005 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2006 | 27 ha | 2 ha | 29 ha |
| 2007 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2008 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2009 | 50 ha | under 1 ha | 50 ha |
| 2010 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2011 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2012 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2013 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2014 | 86 ha | under 1 ha | 86 ha |
| 2015 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2016 | 44 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2017 | 87 ha | under 1 ha | 87 ha |
| 2018 | 149 ha | under 1 ha | 149 ha |
| 2019 | 160 ha | 7 ha | 167 ha |
| 2020 | 76 ha | under 1 ha | 76 ha |
| 2021 | 112 ha | under 1 ha | 112 ha |
| 2022 | 63 ha | under 1 ha | 64 ha |
| 2023 | 115 ha | under 1 ha | 115 ha |
| 2024 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2025 | 44 ha | 1 ha | 45 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Jurong Town?
- Towns and roadscleared for good72% · 904 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good14% · 174 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good13% · 160 ha
Also: wildfires, logging, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 8,130 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,870 ha
- Overall change
- −256 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jurong Town shrank from about 8,130 hectares to 7,870 hectares, a net loss of about 256 hectares (−3.1%). New forest grew on about 612 hectares, but 869 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city centre, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the tree count in Jurong Town?
Jurong Town has an estimated 69,022 trees across the 11.9 km² of land measured — 23.2% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jurong Town need?
Jurong Town needs roughly 35,106 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 772.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
What is the air quality (AQI) in Jurong Town right now?
The latest reading for Jurong Town shows an AQI of 143 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Oct 20, 06:05 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Midwood, 5.6 km away). Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
How much forest has the area around Jurong Town lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jurong Town has lost about 1,250 hectares of forest (about 1,800 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss is slowing down: about 71 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 105 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jurong Town shrank from about 8,130 hectares to 7,870 hectares, a net loss of about 256 hectares (−3.1%). New forest grew on about 612 hectares, but 869 hectares were lost.
How is Jurong Town's tree cover and air quality measured?
Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Jurong West; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover. Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Jurong West, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate.
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