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From 2001 to 2025, Dominica lost 25kha of tree cover, equivalent to a 1.4% net decrease in tree cover since 2001.

In Dominica from 2001 to 2025, 25kha of tree cover loss occurred in areas where the dominant drivers of loss resulted in deforestation.

In Dominica, the top 5 regions were responsible for 87.9% of all tree cover loss between 2001 and 2025. Saint Andrew had the most tree cover loss at 8.6kha compared to an average of 2.5 kha.

Saint Andrew8.6kha
Saint Joseph4.9kha
Saint John3.7kha
Saint David3.0kha
Saint Paul2.0kha

From 2000 to 2020, Dominica experienced a net change of -1.0 kha (-1.37%) in tree cover.

  • The loss total is different from annual tree cover loss, as this data was created using a different method and forest definition. For gross or annual loss information, please see the tree cover loss widget.

  • Disturbance represents areas that experienced both loss and gain between 2000 and 2020

From 2000 to 2020, Dominica gained 0.1 kha of tree cover equal to 0.00% of the global total.

Russia37.2Mha
Canada17.0Mha
United States14.0Mha
Brazil8.1Mha
China6.7Mha

In Dominica there have been 1 VIIRS fire alerts reported so far in 2015 considering high confidence alerts only. This total is high compared to the total for previous years going back to 2015. The most fires recorded in a year was 2021, with 2.

There were 1 VIIRS fire alerts reported between 4 Jun 2015 and 4 Jun 2015 considering high confidence alerts only.

Between 4 Jun 2015 and 4 Jun 2015 Dominica experienced a total of 3 VIIRS fire alerts (high confidence).

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