City report · Tunisia
El Mourouj
Measured across a 2 km radius around El Mourouj 5, El Mourouj, Tunisia (12.57 km²)
- Tree cover
- 2.2%
- Air quality
- 32Good
- Trees in this area
- 6.9K
- More trees needed
- 87.2K
- Area analyzed
- 12.56 km²land, in a 12.57 km² circle
- Satellite image
- Sep 16, 2026
El Mourouj's tree count comes to 6,905 trees across 12.56 km² of land — 28 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, meaning roughly 87,249 more trees would close the gap. Air quality currently reads AQI 32 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in El Mourouj: Critically low
2.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
6,905
Target trees
94,154
More trees needed
87,249
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,919 t
Air quality detail
Air quality in El Mourouj today: AQI 32, Good
Observed Oct 19, 12:00 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
5.9
PM10
9.3
NO₂
3.2
O₃
79.0
SO₂
2.1
CO
128.0
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has El Mourouj lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of El Mourouj has lost about 26 hectares of forest (about 36 football pitches): 7.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (62%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 26 haabout 36 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 16 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2014, when about 9 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
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 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 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 | 2 ha | 7 ha | 9 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 El Mourouj?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good40% · 10 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back30% · 8 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good22% · 6 ha
Also: 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
- 383 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 398 ha
- Overall change
- +15 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around El Mourouj grew from about 383 hectares to 398 hectares, a net gain of about 15 hectares (+3.9%). New forest grew on about 38 hectares, while 23 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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What is the tree count in El Mourouj?
El Mourouj has an estimated 6,905 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 2.2% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does El Mourouj need?
El Mourouj needs roughly 87,249 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,919 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
What is the air quality (AQI) in El Mourouj right now?
The latest reading for El Mourouj shows an AQI of 32 (Good), observed Oct 19, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
How much forest has the area around El Mourouj lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of El Mourouj has lost about 26 hectares of forest (about 36 football pitches): 7.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (62%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around El Mourouj grew from about 383 hectares to 398 hectares, a net gain of about 15 hectares (+3.9%). New forest grew on about 38 hectares, while 23 hectares were lost.
How is El Mourouj'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 El Mourouj 5; 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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