City report · Guyana
New Amsterdam Air quality today
Air quality in New Amsterdam currently reads AQI 38 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 38
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.6
- tree cover
- 31.6%
- trees in this area
- 77.9K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around New Amsterdam, Guyana (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 29, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
New Amsterdam · AQI 38 (Good)
New Amsterdam's tree count comes to 77,930 trees across 9.87 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in New Amsterdam today: AQI 38, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.6
PM10
11.0
NO₂
0.5
O₃
45.0
SO₂
0.2
CO
135.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put New Amsterdam's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 39 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 62 on Nov 5.
Where New Amsterdam stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in New Amsterdam: Healthy tree cover
31.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.87 km² of land.
Trees in this area
77,930
Target trees
77,930
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has New Amsterdam lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of New Amsterdam has lost about 1,070 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,070 haabout 1,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 13%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 784 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 128 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 49 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2024, when about 333 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2008 | 24 ha | 4 ha | 28 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 15 ha |
| 2011 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2012 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2015 | 24 ha | 13 ha | 37 ha |
| 2016 | 30 ha | 27 ha | 57 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | 135 ha | under 1 ha | 135 ha |
| 2019 | 38 ha | 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2020 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2023 | 187 ha | 19 ha | 206 ha |
| 2024 | 139 ha | 194 ha | 333 ha |
| 2025 | 60 ha | 16 ha | 76 ha |
What is causing deforestation around New Amsterdam?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good72% · 765 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back17% · 184 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back8.7% · 93 ha
Also: towns and roads, mining and energy, 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
- 4,430 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,240 ha
- Overall change
- −195 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around New Amsterdam shrank from about 4,430 hectares to 4,240 hectares, a net loss of about 195 hectares (−4.4%). New forest grew on about 167 hectares, but 362 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 center, 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in New Amsterdam right now?
The latest reading for New Amsterdam shows an AQI of 38 (Good), observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in New Amsterdam today?
At AQI 38 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in New Amsterdam been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put New Amsterdam's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 39 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 62 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around New Amsterdam lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of New Amsterdam has lost about 1,070 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is speeding up: about 128 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 49 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around New Amsterdam shrank from about 4,430 hectares to 4,240 hectares, a net loss of about 195 hectares (−4.4%). New forest grew on about 167 hectares, but 362 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in New Amsterdam?
New Amsterdam has an estimated 77,930 trees across the 9.87 km² of land measured — 31.6% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does New Amsterdam need?
New Amsterdam has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are New Amsterdam's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. 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 New Amsterdam; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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