Fort-de-France
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AQI 26
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Martinique air quality today The AQI right now, city by city
Airleaf measures 1 city in Martinique. Fort-de-France reads AQI 26 right now.
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Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
Martinique
Air quality in Fort-de-France right now
Good
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Martinique lost?
Since 2001, Martinique has lost about 3,050 hectares of forest (about 4,300 football pitches): 4.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,050 haabout 4,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,940 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 180 ha | 4 ha | 184 ha |
| 2002 | 47 ha | 1 ha | 49 ha |
| 2003 | 266 ha | 8 ha | 274 ha |
| 2004 | 153 ha | 11 ha | 164 ha |
| 2005 | 193 ha | 6 ha | 199 ha |
| 2006 | 87 ha | 3 ha | 90 ha |
| 2007 | 148 ha | 5 ha | 153 ha |
| 2008 | 264 ha | 10 ha | 274 ha |
| 2009 | 188 ha | 12 ha | 200 ha |
| 2010 | 69 ha | 5 ha | 74 ha |
| 2011 | 144 ha | 9 ha | 153 ha |
| 2012 | 287 ha | 18 ha | 305 ha |
| 2013 | 133 ha | 4 ha | 137 ha |
| 2014 | 137 ha | 1 ha | 138 ha |
| 2015 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2016 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2017 | 116 ha | under 1 ha | 116 ha |
| 2018 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2019 | 56 ha | 2 ha | 59 ha |
| 2020 | 61 ha | 2 ha | 63 ha |
| 2021 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2022 | 31 ha | 2 ha | 33 ha |
| 2023 | 106 ha | under 1 ha | 106 ha |
| 2024 | 55 ha | under 1 ha | 55 ha |
| 2025 | 77 ha | 1 ha | 78 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 63 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 62 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2012, when about 305 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Martinique?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good85% · 2,580 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good12% · 366 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back1.7% · 51 ha
Also: shifting farming, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. How it's measured
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What is the air quality in Martinique today?
Airleaf measures 1 city in Martinique. Fort-de-France reads AQI 26 right now.
How much forest has Martinique lost since 2001?
About 3,050 ha from 2001 to 2025, 4% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 2,940 ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
How does Airleaf measure air quality in Martinique?
Each city's reading is the US EPA air quality index, from ground monitoring stations where one has reported recently nearby, and from the CAMS atmospheric model elsewhere; each city's report says which. Tree cover is measured over the same 2 km radius in every city, so the cities compare like for like.
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