City report · Trinidad and Tobago
Point Fortin Air quality today
Air quality in Point Fortin currently reads AQI 17 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 17
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.2
- tree cover
- 30.2%
- trees in this area
- 79.1K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Point Fortin · AQI 17 (Good)
Point Fortin's tree count comes to 79,127 trees across 10.48 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Point Fortin today: AQI 17, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 19:00 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
3.2
PM10
5.6
NO₂
1.2
O₃
46.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
163.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Point Fortin's daily AQI at 37 on average, from 14 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 4.
Where Point Fortin stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Point Fortin: Healthy tree cover
30.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.48 km² of land.
Trees in this area
79,127
Target trees
79,127
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Point Fortin lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Point Fortin has lost about 1,680 hectares of forest (about 2,400 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2020: satellite photo from October 2019 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,680 haabout 2,400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,610 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 38 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 57 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2010, when about 202 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 39 ha | 8 ha | 47 ha |
| 2002 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2003 | 74 ha | 1 ha | 75 ha |
| 2004 | 195 ha | 4 ha | 199 ha |
| 2005 | 93 ha | 1 ha | 94 ha |
| 2006 | 48 ha | 2 ha | 51 ha |
| 2007 | 59 ha | 2 ha | 61 ha |
| 2008 | 56 ha | 4 ha | 60 ha |
| 2009 | 25 ha | 2 ha | 28 ha |
| 2010 | 195 ha | 7 ha | 202 ha |
| 2011 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2012 | 30 ha | 5 ha | 35 ha |
| 2013 | 80 ha | under 1 ha | 80 ha |
| 2014 | 198 ha | 2 ha | 200 ha |
| 2015 | 32 ha | 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2016 | 67 ha | 2 ha | 69 ha |
| 2017 | 44 ha | 7 ha | 52 ha |
| 2018 | 41 ha | 5 ha | 45 ha |
| 2019 | 47 ha | 4 ha | 51 ha |
| 2020 | 67 ha | under 1 ha | 68 ha |
| 2021 | 17 ha | 5 ha | 22 ha |
| 2022 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2023 | 58 ha | under 1 ha | 58 ha |
| 2024 | 66 ha | 2 ha | 68 ha |
| 2025 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Point Fortin?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good61% · 1,030 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good24% · 410 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good10% · 171 ha
Also: logging, shifting farming, 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
- 14,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 13,400 ha
- Overall change
- −808 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Point Fortin shrank from about 14,200 hectares to 13,400 hectares, a net loss of about 808 hectares (−5.7%). New forest grew on about 166 hectares, but 974 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 center, 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 air quality (AQI) in Point Fortin right now?
The latest reading for Point Fortin shows an AQI of 17 (Good), observed Nov 10, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Point Fortin today?
At AQI 17 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Point Fortin been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Point Fortin's daily AQI at 37 on average, from 14 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Point Fortin lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Point Fortin has lost about 1,680 hectares of forest (about 2,400 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 38 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 57 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Point Fortin shrank from about 14,200 hectares to 13,400 hectares, a net loss of about 808 hectares (−5.7%). New forest grew on about 166 hectares, but 974 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Point Fortin?
Point Fortin has an estimated 79,127 trees across the 10.48 km² of land measured — 30.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Point Fortin need?
Point Fortin has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Point Fortin's air quality and tree cover measured?
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. 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 Point Fortin; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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