City report · Panama
San Miguelito
Measured across a 2 km radius around La Castellana, Panama City, Panamá Province, Panama (12.57 km²)
- Tree cover
- 22.8%
- Air quality
- 26Good
- Trees in this area
- 71.3K
- More trees needed
- 22.5K
- Area analyzed
- 12.51 km²land, in a 12.57 km² circle
- Satellite image
- May 8, 2026
San Miguelito's tree count comes to 71,270 trees across 12.51 km² of land — 7 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, meaning roughly 22,506 more trees would close the gap. Air quality currently reads AQI 26 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in San Miguelito: Below target
22.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.51 km² of land.
Trees in this area
71,270
Target trees
93,776
More trees needed
22,506
CO₂ if planted / yr
495.1 t
Air quality detail
Air quality in San Miguelito today: AQI 26, 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
5.5
PM10
6.8
NO₂
4.2
O₃
44.0
SO₂
1.3
CO
548.0
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has San Miguelito lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of San Miguelito has lost about 1,100 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,100 haabout 1,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,080 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2017, when about 111 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 67 ha | 1 ha | 68 ha |
| 2002 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2003 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2004 | 105 ha | 1 ha | 106 ha |
| 2005 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2006 | 54 ha | under 1 ha | 54 ha |
| 2007 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2008 | 104 ha | under 1 ha | 104 ha |
| 2009 | 57 ha | under 1 ha | 58 ha |
| 2010 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2011 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2012 | 62 ha | 2 ha | 64 ha |
| 2013 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2014 | 65 ha | under 1 ha | 66 ha |
| 2015 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2016 | 15 ha | 2 ha | 17 ha |
| 2017 | 111 ha | under 1 ha | 111 ha |
| 2018 | 29 ha | 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2019 | 13 ha | 2 ha | 15 ha |
| 2020 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2021 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2022 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2023 | 33 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2024 | 57 ha | 1 ha | 58 ha |
| 2025 | 36 ha | 4 ha | 40 ha |
What is causing deforestation around San Miguelito?
- Towns and roadscleared for good57% · 628 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good25% · 280 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good16% · 175 ha
Also: shifting farming, 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
- 9,650 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,350 ha
- Overall change
- −1,310 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around San Miguelito shrank from about 9,650 hectares to 8,350 hectares, a net loss of about 1,310 hectares (−14%). New forest grew on about 65 hectares, but 1,370 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 San Miguelito?
San Miguelito has an estimated 71,270 trees across the 12.51 km² of land measured — 22.8% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does San Miguelito need?
San Miguelito needs roughly 22,506 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 495.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
What is the air quality (AQI) in San Miguelito right now?
The latest reading for San Miguelito shows an AQI of 26 (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 San Miguelito lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of San Miguelito has lost about 1,100 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around San Miguelito shrank from about 9,650 hectares to 8,350 hectares, a net loss of about 1,310 hectares (−14%). New forest grew on about 65 hectares, but 1,370 hectares were lost.
How is San Miguelito'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 La Castellana; 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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