Brazil · Tocantins · 2 cities
Air quality in Tocantins today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Palmas has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Tocantins (AQI 39, Good), and Araguaína the worst (AQI 56, Moderate). Palmas has the most tree cover, at 21.7% — #165 of 304 cities measured in Brazil.
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.
- cities tracked
- 2
- average tree cover
- 15.3%
- Brazil: 26.0%
- worst air now: Araguaína
- 56
- cleanest air now: Palmas
- 39
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Tocantins
Air quality today across Tocantins, city by city
| Palmas | 39Good | 21.7% | 26.1K | #165 of 304 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Araguaína | 56Moderate | 9.0% | 66.0K | #288 of 304 |
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 Brazil.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tocantins lost?
Since 2001, Tocantins has lost about 2.58 million hectares of forest (about 26,000 km²): 23% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (86%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2.58 million haabout 26,000 km²
- Share of its forest
- 23%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2.22 million 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 | 72,500 ha | 4,510 ha | 77,000 ha |
| 2002 | 68,200 ha | 2,640 ha | 70,900 ha |
| 2003 | 76,500 ha | 2,690 ha | 79,200 ha |
| 2004 | 94,500 ha | 3,120 ha | 97,600 ha |
| 2005 | 82,300 ha | 3,610 ha | 85,900 ha |
| 2006 | 67,700 ha | 3,590 ha | 71,300 ha |
| 2007 | 104,000 ha | 6,230 ha | 110,000 ha |
| 2008 | 57,000 ha | 3,930 ha | 61,000 ha |
| 2009 | 62,600 ha | 3,740 ha | 66,300 ha |
| 2010 | 64,800 ha | 3,540 ha | 68,400 ha |
| 2011 | 55,300 ha | 5,910 ha | 61,200 ha |
| 2012 | 90,200 ha | 7,770 ha | 98,000 ha |
| 2013 | 96,100 ha | 5,840 ha | 102,000 ha |
| 2014 | 129,000 ha | 8,180 ha | 137,000 ha |
| 2015 | 128,000 ha | 7,010 ha | 135,000 ha |
| 2016 | 131,000 ha | 21,000 ha | 152,000 ha |
| 2017 | 115,000 ha | 88,000 ha | 203,000 ha |
| 2018 | 103,000 ha | 23,800 ha | 127,000 ha |
| 2019 | 87,600 ha | 11,000 ha | 98,600 ha |
| 2020 | 82,600 ha | 14,100 ha | 96,700 ha |
| 2021 | 80,200 ha | 7,380 ha | 87,600 ha |
| 2022 | 99,400 ha | 7,540 ha | 107,000 ha |
| 2023 | 121,000 ha | 8,290 ha | 129,000 ha |
| 2024 | 78,800 ha | 56,500 ha | 135,000 ha |
| 2025 | 74,400 ha | 44,400 ha | 119,000 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 116,000 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 135,000 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 203,000 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Tocantins?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good86% · 2.21 million ha
- Wildfirescan grow back11% · 274,000 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back1.3% · 32,500 ha
Also: logging, mining and energy, shifting farming, towns and roads, 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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