- Tree cover
- 5.2%
- Air quality
- 22Good
- Trees in this area
- 16.3K
- More trees needed
- 77.9K
- Area analyzed
- 12.57 km²
- Satellite image
- Sep 25, 2026
Baidoa's tree count comes to 16,336 trees across 12.57 km² — 25 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, meaning roughly 77,911 more trees would close the gap. Air quality currently reads AQI 22 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Baidoa: Critically low
5.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
16,336
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
77,911
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,714 t
Air quality detail
Air quality in Baidoa today: AQI 22, Good
Observed Oct 19, 11:00 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
4.1
PM10
6.2
NO₂
0.1
O₃
39.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
87.0
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Baidoa lost?
There was very little forest around Baidoa in 2000, about 1 hectares, and about 1 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city centre.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Baidoa?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good58% · under 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good8.3% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown25% · under 1 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the tree count in Baidoa?
Baidoa has an estimated 16,336 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 5.2% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Baidoa need?
Baidoa needs roughly 77,911 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,714 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
What is the air quality (AQI) in Baidoa right now?
The latest reading for Baidoa shows an AQI of 22 (Good), observed Oct 19, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
How much forest has the area around Baidoa lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Baidoa in 2000, about 1 hectares, and about 1 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
How is Baidoa'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 Isha; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover. 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.
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