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Villa Nueva
Measured across a 2 km radius around Zona 1 de Villa Nueva, Villa Nueva, Guatemala (12.57 km²)
- Tree cover
- 24.0%
- Air quality
- 20Good
- Trees in this area
- 75.4K
- More trees needed
- 18.9K
- Area analyzed
- 12.57 km²
- Satellite image
- Sep 10, 2026
Villa Nueva's tree count comes to 75,398 trees across 12.57 km² — 6 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, meaning roughly 18,850 more trees would close the gap. Air quality currently reads AQI 20 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Villa Nueva: Below target
24.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
75,398
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
18,850
CO₂ if planted / yr
414.7 t
Air quality detail
Air quality in Villa Nueva today: AQI 20, Good
Observed Oct 19, 15:51 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · US_Embassy_Guatemala_City, 15.2 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.6
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · Clarity
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Villa Nueva lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Villa Nueva has lost about 1,070 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 9.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km south-east of the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,070 haabout 1,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,040 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 33 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 55 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2007, when about 80 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2002 | 15 ha | 19 ha | 35 ha |
| 2003 | 19 ha | 4 ha | 24 ha |
| 2004 | 57 ha | under 1 ha | 58 ha |
| 2005 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2006 | 49 ha | under 1 ha | 49 ha |
| 2007 | 80 ha | under 1 ha | 80 ha |
| 2008 | 62 ha | under 1 ha | 62 ha |
| 2009 | 60 ha | under 1 ha | 61 ha |
| 2010 | 48 ha | under 1 ha | 49 ha |
| 2011 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2012 | 59 ha | 2 ha | 61 ha |
| 2013 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2014 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2015 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2016 | 70 ha | under 1 ha | 70 ha |
| 2017 | 41 ha | under 1 ha | 41 ha |
| 2018 | 71 ha | under 1 ha | 71 ha |
| 2019 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 47 ha |
| 2020 | 44 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2021 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2022 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2023 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2024 | 50 ha | under 1 ha | 50 ha |
| 2025 | 43 ha | 2 ha | 45 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Villa Nueva?
- Towns and roadscleared for good53% · 562 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good37% · 396 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good7.3% · 78 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 15,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 15,500 ha
- Overall change
- +346 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Villa Nueva grew from about 15,100 hectares to 15,500 hectares, a net gain of about 346 hectares (+2.3%). New forest grew on about 966 hectares, while 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 Villa Nueva?
Villa Nueva has an estimated 75,398 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 24.0% tree cover, 6 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Villa Nueva need?
Villa Nueva needs roughly 18,850 more trees to close a 6-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 414.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
What is the air quality (AQI) in Villa Nueva right now?
The latest reading for Villa Nueva shows an AQI of 20 (Good), measured Oct 19, 15:51 local time by the US_Embassy_Guatemala_City ground monitoring station, 15.2 km away, via OpenAQ. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
How much forest has the area around Villa Nueva lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Villa Nueva has lost about 1,070 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 9.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss is slowing down: about 33 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 55 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Villa Nueva grew from about 15,100 hectares to 15,500 hectares, a net gain of about 346 hectares (+2.3%). New forest grew on about 966 hectares, while 620 hectares were lost.
How is Villa Nueva'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 Zona 1 de Villa Nueva; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover. Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Zona 1 de Villa Nueva, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate.
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