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From 2001 to 2025, Serbia lost 84kha of tree cover, equivalent to a -1.3% net decrease in tree cover since 2001.

In Serbia from 2001 to 2025, 84kha of tree cover loss occurred in areas where the dominant drivers of loss resulted in deforestation.

In Serbia, the top 5 regions were responsible for 38.8% of all tree cover loss between 2001 and 2025. Južno-Banatski had the most tree cover loss at 7.0kha compared to an average of 3.4 kha.

Južno-Banatski7.0kha
Sremski6.9kha
Pirotski6.7kha
Južno-Bački6.1kha
Šumadijski6.0kha

From 2000 to 2020, Serbia experienced a net change of 35.4 kha (1.18%) 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, Serbia gained 76.2 kha of tree cover equal to 0.06% of the global total.

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

In Serbia there have been 118 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 2019, with 493.

In Serbia the peak fire season typically occurs in September. There were 118 VIIRS fire alerts reported between 19 Feb 2023 and 5 Nov 2023 considering high confidence alerts only.

Between 19 Feb 2023 and 5 Nov 2023 Serbia experienced a total of 2,254 VIIRS fire alerts (high confidence).

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