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Air quality in Soccsksargen today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, General Santos has the cleanest air of the 5 cities we track in Soccsksargen (AQI 6, Good), and Isulan the worst (AQI 26, Good). Tacurong has the most tree cover, at 51.7% — #26 of 99 cities measured in the Philippines.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
Average right now
AQI 11
Good
- cities tracked
- 5
- average tree cover
- 42.4%
- Philippines: 40.9%
- worst air now: Isulan
- 26
- cleanest air now: General Santos
- 6
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Soccsksargen · average AQI 11
Air quality today across Soccsksargen, city by city
| General Santos | 6Good | 30.7% | — | #75 of 99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koronadal | 9Good | 41.0% | — | #45 of 99 |
| Midsayap | 7Good | 40.1% | — | #47 of 99 |
| Tacurong | 8Good | 51.7% | — | #26 of 99 |
| Isulan | 26Good | 48.4% | — | #30 of 99 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in the Philippines.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Soccsksargen lost?
Since 2001, Soccsksargen has lost about 25,000 hectares of forest (about 35,000 football pitches): 5.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (80%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 25,000 haabout 35,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 19,900 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 348 ha | 103 ha | 451 ha |
| 2002 | 431 ha | 80 ha | 511 ha |
| 2003 | 144 ha | 29 ha | 173 ha |
| 2004 | 565 ha | 93 ha | 658 ha |
| 2005 | 571 ha | 117 ha | 688 ha |
| 2006 | 728 ha | 155 ha | 883 ha |
| 2007 | 987 ha | 175 ha | 1,160 ha |
| 2008 | 324 ha | 98 ha | 422 ha |
| 2009 | 758 ha | 94 ha | 852 ha |
| 2010 | 2,310 ha | 216 ha | 2,530 ha |
| 2011 | 581 ha | 76 ha | 657 ha |
| 2012 | 797 ha | 114 ha | 911 ha |
| 2013 | 372 ha | 338 ha | 710 ha |
| 2014 | 1,040 ha | 317 ha | 1,360 ha |
| 2015 | 880 ha | 281 ha | 1,160 ha |
| 2016 | 2,280 ha | 822 ha | 3,100 ha |
| 2017 | 1,450 ha | 468 ha | 1,920 ha |
| 2018 | 801 ha | 192 ha | 993 ha |
| 2019 | 848 ha | 179 ha | 1,030 ha |
| 2020 | 832 ha | 228 ha | 1,060 ha |
| 2021 | 411 ha | 147 ha | 558 ha |
| 2022 | 526 ha | 147 ha | 673 ha |
| 2023 | 550 ha | 186 ha | 736 ha |
| 2024 | 950 ha | 269 ha | 1,220 ha |
| 2025 | 466 ha | 156 ha | 622 ha |
Forest loss is slowing down: about 762 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 1,620 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 3,100 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Soccsksargen?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good79% · 19,900 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back16% · 3,960 ha
- Loggingcan grow back1.6% · 392 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, wildfires, towns and roads, mining and energy, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. How it's measured
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