- Tree cover
- 87.9%
- Air quality
- 27Good
- Trees in this area
- 276K
- More trees needed
- 0
- Area analyzed
- 12.57 km²
- Satellite image
- Sep 11, 2026
Tocoa's tree count comes to 276,146 trees across 12.57 km² — already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area. Air quality currently reads AQI 27 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tocoa: Healthy tree cover
87.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
276,146
Target trees
276,146
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tocoa today: AQI 27, Good
Observed Oct 19, 06:00 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
4.5
PM10
4.7
NO₂
7.1
O₃
6.0
SO₂
0.4
CO
196.0
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tocoa lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tocoa has lost about 6,260 hectares of forest (about 8,800 football pitches): 26% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) 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 north-east of the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 6,260 haabout 8,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 26%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 6,200 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 282 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 340 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 647 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 114 ha | 1 ha | 115 ha |
| 2002 | 246 ha | 25 ha | 271 ha |
| 2003 | 63 ha | under 1 ha | 63 ha |
| 2004 | 75 ha | under 1 ha | 75 ha |
| 2005 | 212 ha | under 1 ha | 212 ha |
| 2006 | 123 ha | under 1 ha | 123 ha |
| 2007 | 428 ha | under 1 ha | 428 ha |
| 2008 | 311 ha | under 1 ha | 311 ha |
| 2009 | 377 ha | 1 ha | 378 ha |
| 2010 | 138 ha | under 1 ha | 138 ha |
| 2011 | 112 ha | under 1 ha | 112 ha |
| 2012 | 214 ha | 1 ha | 215 ha |
| 2013 | 178 ha | 2 ha | 180 ha |
| 2014 | 307 ha | 5 ha | 312 ha |
| 2015 | 217 ha | 2 ha | 219 ha |
| 2016 | 642 ha | 5 ha | 647 ha |
| 2017 | 349 ha | 1 ha | 350 ha |
| 2018 | 341 ha | 1 ha | 342 ha |
| 2019 | 185 ha | 1 ha | 186 ha |
| 2020 | 171 ha | 2 ha | 173 ha |
| 2021 | 154 ha | 1 ha | 155 ha |
| 2022 | 183 ha | 2 ha | 185 ha |
| 2023 | 375 ha | under 1 ha | 375 ha |
| 2024 | 246 ha | 1 ha | 247 ha |
| 2025 | 441 ha | 8 ha | 449 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tocoa?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good93% · 5,790 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.5% · 408 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
- 19,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 22,600 ha
- Overall change
- +3,230 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tocoa grew from about 19,400 hectares to 22,600 hectares, a net gain of about 3,230 hectares (+17%). New forest grew on about 4,850 hectares, while 1,620 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 Tocoa?
Tocoa has an estimated 276,146 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 87.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tocoa need?
Tocoa has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
What is the air quality (AQI) in Tocoa right now?
The latest reading for Tocoa shows an AQI of 27 (Good), observed Oct 19, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
How much forest has the area around Tocoa lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tocoa has lost about 6,260 hectares of forest (about 8,800 football pitches): 26% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 282 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 340 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tocoa grew from about 19,400 hectares to 22,600 hectares, a net gain of about 3,230 hectares (+17%). New forest grew on about 4,850 hectares, while 1,620 hectares were lost.
How is Tocoa'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 Tocoa; 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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