City report · Honduras
Olanchito
Measured across a 2 km radius around Olanchito, Yoro, Honduras (12.57 km²)
- Tree cover
- 40.5%
- Air quality
- 16Good
- Trees in this area
- 127K
- More trees needed
- 0
- Area analyzed
- 12.57 km²
- Satellite image
- Aug 28, 2026
Olanchito's tree count comes to 127,235 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 Olanchito: Healthy tree cover
40.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
127,235
Target trees
127,235
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Air quality detail
Air quality in Olanchito today: AQI 16, Good
Observed Oct 19, 13:00 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
2.7
PM10
3.2
NO₂
0.5
O₃
54.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
114.0
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Olanchito lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Olanchito has lost about 3,480 hectares of forest (about 4,900 football pitches): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) 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 south of the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,480 haabout 4,900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 18%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,380 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 73 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 246 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2005, when about 481 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 113 ha | 1 ha | 114 ha |
| 2002 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 41 ha |
| 2003 | 99 ha | 3 ha | 102 ha |
| 2004 | 82 ha | under 1 ha | 83 ha |
| 2005 | 475 ha | 6 ha | 481 ha |
| 2006 | 75 ha | 4 ha | 79 ha |
| 2007 | 158 ha | 3 ha | 161 ha |
| 2008 | 110 ha | 2 ha | 112 ha |
| 2009 | 64 ha | 3 ha | 67 ha |
| 2010 | 173 ha | 2 ha | 175 ha |
| 2011 | 39 ha | 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2012 | 107 ha | 1 ha | 108 ha |
| 2013 | 65 ha | 2 ha | 66 ha |
| 2014 | 108 ha | 2 ha | 110 ha |
| 2015 | 145 ha | 7 ha | 152 ha |
| 2016 | 290 ha | 28 ha | 318 ha |
| 2017 | 281 ha | 13 ha | 294 ha |
| 2018 | 145 ha | 4 ha | 149 ha |
| 2019 | 343 ha | 6 ha | 349 ha |
| 2020 | 112 ha | 8 ha | 120 ha |
| 2021 | 65 ha | 5 ha | 70 ha |
| 2022 | 69 ha | under 1 ha | 70 ha |
| 2023 | 95 ha | 5 ha | 100 ha |
| 2024 | 96 ha | under 1 ha | 96 ha |
| 2025 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Olanchito?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good95% · 3,310 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back2.3% · 79 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.8% · 62 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
- 19,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 18,300 ha
- Overall change
- −889 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Olanchito shrank from about 19,100 hectares to 18,300 hectares, a net loss of about 889 hectares (−4.6%). New forest grew on about 382 hectares, but 1,270 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 Olanchito?
Olanchito has an estimated 127,235 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 40.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Olanchito need?
Olanchito has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
What is the air quality (AQI) in Olanchito right now?
The latest reading for Olanchito shows an AQI of 16 (Good), observed Oct 19, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
How much forest has the area around Olanchito lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Olanchito has lost about 3,480 hectares of forest (about 4,900 football pitches): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 73 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 246 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Olanchito shrank from about 19,100 hectares to 18,300 hectares, a net loss of about 889 hectares (−4.6%). New forest grew on about 382 hectares, but 1,270 hectares were lost.
How is Olanchito'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 Olanchito; 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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