- Tree cover
- 49.4%
- Air quality
- 33Good
- Trees in this area
- 97.8K
- More trees needed
- 0
- Area analyzed
- 7.92 km²land, in a 12.57 km² circle
- Satellite image
- Sep 17, 2026
Les Cayes's tree count comes to 97,773 trees across 7.92 km² of land — already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area. Air quality currently reads AQI 33 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Les Cayes: Healthy tree cover
49.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 7.92 km² of land.
Trees in this area
97,773
Target trees
97,773
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Air quality detail
Air quality in Les Cayes today: AQI 33, Good
Observed Oct 19, 08:00 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
9.6
NO₂
0.3
O₃
42.0
SO₂
0.4
CO
470.0
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Les Cayes lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Les Cayes has lost about 472 hectares of forest (about 660 football pitches): 20% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) 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 5 km north-east of the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 472 haabout 660 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 20%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 391 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 2 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 87 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 384 hectares of forest were lost.
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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2016 | 338 ha | 46 ha | 384 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 7 ha | 21 ha | 28 ha |
| 2020 | 12 ha | 5 ha | 18 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Les Cayes?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good60% · 282 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good23% · 109 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back16% · 77 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
- 1,520 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,400 ha
- Overall change
- −120 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Les Cayes shrank from about 1,520 hectares to 1,400 hectares, a net loss of about 120 hectares (−7.9%). New forest grew on about 93 hectares, but 213 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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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the tree count in Les Cayes?
Les Cayes has an estimated 97,773 trees across the 7.92 km² of land measured — 49.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Les Cayes need?
Les Cayes has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
What is the air quality (AQI) in Les Cayes right now?
The latest reading for Les Cayes shows an AQI of 33 (Good), observed Oct 19, 08:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
How much forest has the area around Les Cayes lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Les Cayes has lost about 472 hectares of forest (about 660 football pitches): 20% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 2 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 87 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Les Cayes shrank from about 1,520 hectares to 1,400 hectares, a net loss of about 120 hectares (−7.9%). New forest grew on about 93 hectares, but 213 hectares were lost.
How is Les Cayes'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 Les Cayes; 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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