City report · Honduras
Catacamas
Measured across a 2 km radius around Catacamas, Olancho, Honduras (12.57 km²)
- Tree cover
- 59.1%
- Air quality
- 16Good
- Trees in this area
- 186K
- More trees needed
- 0
- Area analyzed
- 12.57 km²
- Satellite image
- Aug 2, 2026
Catacamas's tree count comes to 185,668 trees across 12.57 km² — already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area. Air quality currently reads AQI 16 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Catacamas: Healthy tree cover
59.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
185,668
Target trees
185,668
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Air quality detail
Air quality in Catacamas today: AQI 16, Good
Observed Oct 18, 18:00 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
3.1
PM10
3.6
NO₂
2.4
O₃
29.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
133.0
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Catacamas lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Catacamas has lost about 1,530 hectares of forest (about 2,100 football pitches): 10% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) 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 7 km north of the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,530 haabout 2,100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 10%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,410 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 55 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 42 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2005, when about 267 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 156 ha | 5 ha | 161 ha |
| 2002 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2003 | 37 ha | 2 ha | 39 ha |
| 2004 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2005 | 264 ha | 3 ha | 267 ha |
| 2006 | 21 ha | 2 ha | 23 ha |
| 2007 | 18 ha | 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2008 | 235 ha | under 1 ha | 235 ha |
| 2009 | 40 ha | 5 ha | 46 ha |
| 2010 | 26 ha | 3 ha | 29 ha |
| 2011 | 84 ha | 1 ha | 85 ha |
| 2012 | 49 ha | 7 ha | 56 ha |
| 2013 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2014 | 17 ha | 3 ha | 20 ha |
| 2015 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2016 | 41 ha | 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2017 | 35 ha | 11 ha | 46 ha |
| 2018 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2019 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2020 | 64 ha | 14 ha | 78 ha |
| 2021 | 25 ha | 2 ha | 27 ha |
| 2022 | 36 ha | 2 ha | 38 ha |
| 2023 | 20 ha | 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2024 | 90 ha | 34 ha | 123 ha |
| 2025 | 47 ha | 18 ha | 65 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Catacamas?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good87% · 1,330 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back6.1% · 94 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good5.2% · 80 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 16,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 16,600 ha
- Overall change
- +135 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Catacamas stayed about the same size, at about 16,600 hectares: new forest grew on about 392 hectares, and about 256 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 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. 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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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
- 16
- Danlí117.4 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
- 17
- La Ceiba138.9 km
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- Tree cover
- 66%
- Air quality
- 17
- Tegucigalpa165.2 km
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- Tree cover
- 20%
- Air quality
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- Estelí201.8 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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What is the tree count in Catacamas?
Catacamas has an estimated 185,668 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 59.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Catacamas need?
Catacamas has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
What is the air quality (AQI) in Catacamas right now?
The latest reading for Catacamas shows an AQI of 16 (Good), observed Oct 18, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
How much forest has the area around Catacamas lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Catacamas has lost about 1,530 hectares of forest (about 2,100 football pitches): 10% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is speeding up: about 55 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 42 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Catacamas stayed about the same size, at about 16,600 hectares: new forest grew on about 392 hectares, and about 256 hectares were lost.
How is Catacamas'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 Catacamas; 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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