City report · Honduras
El Progreso
Measured across a 2 km radius around Residencial El Progreso, El Progreso, Yoro, Honduras (12.57 km²)
- Tree cover
- 41.9%
- Air quality
- 59Moderate
- Trees in this area
- 132K
- More trees needed
- 0
- Area analyzed
- 12.57 km²
- Satellite image
- Jun 9, 2026
El Progreso's tree count comes to 131,633 trees across 12.57 km² — already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area. Air quality currently reads AQI 59 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in El Progreso: Healthy tree cover
41.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
131,633
Target trees
131,633
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Air quality detail
Air quality in El Progreso today: AQI 59, Moderate
Observed Oct 19, 16:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · ICF SPS, San Pedro Sula, Cortes - Sustenta Honduras/CIPOTES, 22.8 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
13.4
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
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Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Sustenta Honduras
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has El Progreso lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of El Progreso has lost about 3,300 hectares of forest (about 4,600 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (91%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north-west of the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,300 haabout 4,600 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 19%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,980 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 276 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 264 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2021, when about 879 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2002 | 14 ha | 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2003 | 13 ha | 3 ha | 16 ha |
| 2004 | 23 ha | 2 ha | 26 ha |
| 2005 | 12 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2006 | 26 ha | 3 ha | 29 ha |
| 2007 | 43 ha | 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2008 | 48 ha | 1 ha | 49 ha |
| 2009 | 49 ha | 3 ha | 52 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2011 | 44 ha | 5 ha | 49 ha |
| 2012 | 36 ha | 5 ha | 41 ha |
| 2013 | 91 ha | 8 ha | 99 ha |
| 2014 | 55 ha | 7 ha | 62 ha |
| 2015 | 75 ha | 10 ha | 85 ha |
| 2016 | 318 ha | 24 ha | 342 ha |
| 2017 | 400 ha | 54 ha | 454 ha |
| 2018 | 134 ha | 21 ha | 155 ha |
| 2019 | 124 ha | 40 ha | 164 ha |
| 2020 | 160 ha | 43 ha | 203 ha |
| 2021 | 863 ha | 16 ha | 879 ha |
| 2022 | 95 ha | 17 ha | 112 ha |
| 2023 | 141 ha | 26 ha | 167 ha |
| 2024 | 83 ha | 10 ha | 93 ha |
| 2025 | 119 ha | 11 ha | 130 ha |
What is causing deforestation around El Progreso?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good88% · 2,910 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back9.4% · 309 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.3% · 77 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
- 16,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 18,700 ha
- Overall change
- +2,240 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around El Progreso grew from about 16,500 hectares to 18,700 hectares, a net gain of about 2,240 hectares (+14%). New forest grew on about 2,760 hectares, while 522 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 Progreso?
El Progreso has an estimated 131,633 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 41.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does El Progreso need?
El Progreso has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
What is the air quality (AQI) in El Progreso right now?
The latest reading for El Progreso shows an AQI of 59 (Moderate), measured Oct 19, 16:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is ICF SPS, San Pedro Sula, Cortes - Sustenta Honduras/CIPOTES, 22.8 km away). Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
How much forest has the area around El Progreso lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of El Progreso has lost about 3,300 hectares of forest (about 4,600 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (91%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 276 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 264 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around El Progreso grew from about 16,500 hectares to 18,700 hectares, a net gain of about 2,240 hectares (+14%). New forest grew on about 2,760 hectares, while 522 hectares were lost.
How is El Progreso'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 Residencial El Progreso; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover. Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Residencial El Progreso, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate.
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