Hobart is the highest ranking capital city in terms of the proportion of tree canopy to other kinds of ground cover. Hobart boasts 59% tree canopy cover. By comparison, Adelaide has the lowest proportion of tree canopy among Australia's capitals with 27%.
Hyderabad, Telangana. In 2021, Hyderabad was announced as '2020 Tree City of the World' by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Arbor Day Foundation. Again this year, Hyderabad and Mumbai share the title '2021 Tree City of the World'.
Leafy subtropical Brisbane led the field, boasting the greenest populated suburbs of any Australian capital city. More than 79% of people in Greater Brisbane enjoy life in suburbs with total tree cover greater than 20%.
Australia has 125 million hectares of forest, which is 16 per cent of Australia's land area. This is about 3 per cent of the world's forest area, and the seventh-largest reported forest area worldwide.
Queensland has the largest area of Australia's forest (51.8 million hectares—39% of Australia's forest), with the Northern Territory (23.7 million hectares—18%), Western Australia (21.0 million hectares—16%), and New South Wales (20.4 million hectares—15%), making up much of the balance.
Rainforests covered most of Australia for much of the 40 million years after its separation from Gondwana. However, these rainforests contracted as climatic conditions changed and the continent drifted northwards.
Ann Arbor, known as “Tree Town,” loves its trees.
Russia is home to the largest area of forest – 815 million hectares. Brazil, the United States, Canada, China, Australia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo also have a largest forest area – more than 100 million hectares each.
1. Adelaide. Adelaide is often described as Australia's most underrated and beautiful city, and it is not hard to see why once you have visited this gorgeous place. It is a cultural hub, home to an excellent dining culture, several museums and art galleries, as well as gorgeous scenery wherever you look.
On the other hand, the sustainability of Brisbane's transport infrastructure is the lowest in Australia, towards the bottom of the overall rankings, alongside relatively low renewable energy usage.
The city of Perth has the best weather/climate in Australia. The city enjoys a temperate Mediterranean climate with hot and dry summers and mild but wet winters. Perth is also the sunniest capital city in Australia and is considered one of the hottest experiencing over 250+ days of sunny blue skies.
Minneapolis is at the top of the pile with 9,833 trees per capita, followed closely by Kansas City and Cincinnati with 8,672 and 6,292 respectively.
As of 2021, Brazil leads the world in tree species count at 8,847. The country has rich biodiverse areas such as the Amazon rainforests. The American continent has the most countries rich in tree biodiversity, such as, Brazil , Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, and Ecuador.
Melbourne's tree population is vast – we have 70,000 council-owned trees, worth around $650 million. Trees are a defining part of Melbourne and our parks, gardens, green spaces and tree-lined streets contribute enormously to the liveability of the city.
The maps reveal that the the lowest tree densities of any of the cities measured is actually Paris.
Today, the program includes more than 3,600 communities from all 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico.
The five states with the least forest cover are: North Dakota (60,000 acres or 1.7%), Nebraska (1.6 million acres or 3.2%), South Dakota (1.9 million acres or 3.9%), Kansas (2.5 million acres or 4.8%), and Iowa (3 million acres or 8.4%).
To become a Tree City USA , a community must have: A tree board or department. A tree care ordinance. A community forestry program with an annual budget of at least $2 per capita.
The Big Banana was the first Big Thing, built in 1964 in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, as a promotional sign for a banana stall. Now there are more than 150 Big Things in Australia.
"In Australia, the marsupial lions were the supremely specialised carnivores throughout at least the last 30 million years of Australian history.
After Dutch navigators charted the northern, western and southern coasts of Australia during the 17th Century this newly found continent became known as 'New Holland'. It was the English explorer Matthew Flinders who made the suggestion of the name we use today.