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From 2001 to 2025, Croatia lost 121kha of tree cover, equivalent to a 0.3% net decrease in tree cover since 2001.

In Croatia from 2001 to 2025, 121kha of tree cover loss occurred in areas where the dominant drivers of loss resulted in deforestation.

In Croatia, the top 5 regions were responsible for 47.7% of all tree cover loss between 2001 and 2025. Splitsko-Dalmatinska had the most tree cover loss at 18.8kha compared to an average of 5.7 kha.

Splitsko-Dalmatinska18.8kha
Osjecko-Baranjska11.8kha
Karlovacka9.5kha
Vukovarsko-Srijemska9.0kha
Bjelovarska-Bilogorska8.5kha

From 2000 to 2020, Croatia experienced a net change of -6.4 kha (-0.25%) 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, Croatia gained 59.6 kha of tree cover equal to 0.05% of the global total.

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

In Croatia there have been 8 VIIRS fire alerts reported so far in 2023 considering high confidence alerts only. This total is high compared to the total for previous years going back to 2023. The most fires recorded in a year was 2017, with 389.

In Croatia the peak fire season typically occurs in May. There were 8 VIIRS fire alerts reported between 23 Jul 2023 and 8 Oct 2023 considering high confidence alerts only.

Between 23 Jul 2023 and 8 Oct 2023 Croatia experienced a total of 1,017 VIIRS fire alerts (high confidence).

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