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From 2001 to 2025, Saint Lucia lost 1kha of tree cover, equivalent to a 1.4% net decrease in tree cover since 2001.

In Saint Lucia from 2001 to 2025, 1kha of tree cover loss occurred in areas where the dominant drivers of loss resulted in deforestation.

In Saint Lucia, the top 5 regions were responsible for 79.9% of all tree cover loss between 2001 and 2025. Gros Islet had the most tree cover loss at 0.3kha compared to an average of 0.1 kha.

Gros Islet0.3kha
Dennery0.2kha
Castries0.2kha
Micoud0.2kha
Anse-la-Raye0.1kha

From 2000 to 2020, Saint Lucia experienced a net change of -0.7 kha (-1.36%) 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, Saint Lucia 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 Saint Lucia there have been 1 VIIRS fire alerts reported so far in 2019 considering high confidence alerts only. This total is high compared to the total for previous years going back to 2019. The most fires recorded in a year was 2019, with 1.

There were 1 VIIRS fire alerts reported between 12 Feb 2019 and 12 Feb 2019 considering high confidence alerts only.

Between 12 Feb 2019 and 12 Feb 2019 Saint Lucia experienced a total of 2 VIIRS fire alerts (high confidence).

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