City report · Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines
Budta Air quality today
Air quality in Budta currently reads AQI 15 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 15
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.8
- tree cover
- 70.8%
- trees in this area
- 222K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Damatog, Northern Kabuntalan, Maguindanao del Norte, Philippines (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Budta · AQI 15 (Good)
Budta's tree count comes to 222,202 trees across 12.56 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Budta today: AQI 15, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 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
2.8
PM10
3.3
NO₂
2.5
O₃
45.0
SO₂
0.9
CO
152.0
- 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 Budta's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 28 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 6.
Where Budta stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Budta: Healthy tree cover
70.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
222,202
Target trees
222,202
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Budta lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Budta has lost about 539 hectares of forest (about 750 football pitches): 4.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from May 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 539 haabout 750 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 471 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 75 hectares of forest were lost.
Budta's full deforestation reportHectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 50 ha | 3 ha | 53 ha |
| 2002 | 33 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2003 | 35 ha | 7 ha | 42 ha |
| 2004 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2005 | 31 ha | 3 ha | 34 ha |
| 2006 | 9 ha | 7 ha | 17 ha |
| 2007 | 40 ha | 7 ha | 47 ha |
| 2008 | 16 ha | 14 ha | 30 ha |
| 2009 | 14 ha | 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2010 | 66 ha | 9 ha | 75 ha |
| 2011 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2012 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2013 | 9 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha |
| 2014 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2015 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2016 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2017 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2018 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2019 | 18 ha | 5 ha | 23 ha |
| 2020 | 21 ha | 3 ha | 24 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2024 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Budta?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good87% · 469 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back10% · 56 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown2.2% · 12 ha
Also: towns and roads.
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
- 5,250 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,200 ha
- Overall change
- −54 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Budta stayed about the same size, at about 5,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 362 hectares, and about 416 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 Budta right now?
The latest reading for Budta shows an AQI of 15 (Good), observed Nov 11, 17:00 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 Budta today?
At AQI 15 (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 Budta been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Budta's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 28 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Budta lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Budta has lost about 539 hectares of forest (about 750 football pitches): 4.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Budta stayed about the same size, at about 5,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 362 hectares, and about 416 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Budta?
Budta has an estimated 222,202 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 70.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Budta need?
Budta has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Budta'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 Damatog; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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