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From 2001 to 2025, Bosnia and Herzegovina lost 45kha of tree cover, equivalent to a -0.8% net decrease in tree cover since 2001.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 to 2025, 45kha of tree cover loss occurred in areas where the dominant drivers of loss resulted in deforestation.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the top 3 regions were responsible for 100.0% of all tree cover loss between 2001 and 2025. Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina had the most tree cover loss at 22.3kha compared to an average of 15.0 kha.

Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina22.3kha
Repuplika Srpska22.3kha
Brčko0.3kha

From 2000 to 2020, Bosnia and Herzegovina experienced a net change of 21.5 kha (0.75%) 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, Bosnia and Herzegovina gained 53.3 kha of tree cover equal to 0.04% of the global total.

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

In Bosnia and Herzegovina there have been 11 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 2012, with 639.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina the peak fire season typically occurs in July. There were 11 VIIRS fire alerts reported between 19 Feb 2023 and 8 Oct 2023 considering high confidence alerts only.

Between 19 Feb 2023 and 8 Oct 2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina experienced a total of 1,918 VIIRS fire alerts (high confidence).

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