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Singapore's OneMillionTrees Movement — A Tracked, On-Schedule Urban-Forest Target for 2030

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Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 33% 53/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Singapore's national tree-planting programme, run by NParks under the Green Plan 2030, had planted over 832,000 of a targeted 1 million additional trees by January 2026, with publicly tracked progress and a projected 78,000-tonne CO2 sequestration gain.

832,000+ trees
Trees planted toward the 1 million target (as of January 2026)
1,000,000 trees
Target additional trees by 2030 (2020–2030)
≈78,000 additional tonnes CO2
Projected CO2 sequestration once complete (on completion)
200 ha
New nature parks target (2020–2030)
500 km
New park connectors target (2020–2030)
7,800+ ha (nature reserves, nature parks and park connectors combined)
Protected green space reported (as of latest reporting)

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
National Parks Board (NParks), under the Singapore Green Plan 2030
Period
2020-2030 (ongoing)
Keywords
urban forestry, biodiversity, national government, climate adaptation

Context

The OneMillionTrees movement is the flagship planting programme of Singapore's "City in Nature" strategy, part of the national Singapore Green Plan 2030. It commits to planting one million additional trees across the island by 2030, alongside 200 hectares of new nature parks, up to 200 hectares of skyrise greenery, and 500 km of new park connectors, with the explicit goal of every household being within a 10-minute walk of a park.

Activities

Progress is publicly tracked by the National Parks Board (NParks), which pairs planting with arborist-led health tracking, canopy-coverage mapping and replacement planning for trees that fail to establish.

Results

As of January 2026, independent local reporting confirmed more than 832,000 trees had been planted, putting the programme on schedule for its 2030 goal. NParks projects the completed one million trees will sequester roughly 78,000 additional tonnes of CO2, and Singapore has separately reported protecting more than 7,800 hectares of green space — nature reserves, nature parks and park connectors combined.

Conclusions

The programme is a strong-evidence case for a public tree-planting initiative: a statutory national plan, a named lead agency, quantified interim and end targets, and progress figures corroborated by independent media rather than only by the implementing agency itself.

Implementation
Indicative cost
High (€500k–€5M)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
National Parks Board (NParks), arborists conducting tree-health tracking and replacement planning

Conditions for success

  • statutory backing within the national Singapore Green Plan 2030
  • a single named lead implementing agency with public progress tracking
  • arborist-led health monitoring and replacement planning for trees that fail to establish

Where it fits

Governance type
national statutory plan implemented by a single lead agency
Scale
national (island-wide)
Income level
high-income

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