Deforestation statistics for Portugal



Tree cover loss data for Portugal

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover
threshold
(%)
Total
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
%
land
area
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
%
land
area
Tree cover
Extent
in 2018 (ha)
%
land
area
Tree cover
loss 2001-2018
(ha)
% tree
cover loss
since 2000
Avg tree cover
loss/year
(ha)
Avg loss/year
2001-2010
(ha)
Avg loss/year
2011-2018
(ha)
109002184302335533.60%272546230.30%201216622.40%111764137.00%620914043589162
159002184277131930.80%246908127.40%178620919.80%107548138.80%597493926185359
209002184261585929.10%243249327.00%177451419.70%104577040.00%580983877982247
259002184247653827.50%231083525.70%167232018.60%102465241.40%569253861479814
309002184231509225.70%218304424.30%157107317.50%99469443.00%552613827276496
509002184159855317.80%145709816.20%100815911.20%76602647.90%425573170956117
75900218491932710.20%8127729.00%5475346.10%47340251.50%263002081633155

 

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Portugal

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover
threshold
(%)
Total
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Carbon
biomass
(Mt)
Biomass
loss 2001-18
(Mt)
Avg biomass
loss/year
(Mt)
Carbon
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
(Mt)
10900218430233552725462575723437130921693727342724002304513334614
15900218427713192469081544208421128120550711780823488771713049318
20900218426158592432493524716032126161653700898123129633712849797
25900218424765382310835507126443124745385693029922869986312705548
30900218423150922183044486510754122671710681509522489818412494344
50900218415985531457098388082484105605042586694719360920410756067
7590021849193278127722574254517399057641105881356494477536080

 

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Portugal

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative areaTotal
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2018 (ha)
% cover
in 2018
Loss
2001-2018
(ha)
% loss
since 2000
Avg loss/year
since 2000
(ha)
Loss 2001-2010
(ha)
loss
between
2000-2010
Avg loss/year 2001-2010
(ha)
Loss 2011-2018
(ha)
loss
between
2011-2018
Avg loss/year 2011-2018
(ha)
Aveiro2777801399341342908102729%7844956%4,3582518618%2,5195326340%6,658
Beja1030045101250103027883099%3167431%1,7601695617%1,6961471814%1,840
Braga2720651136571042677399827%4409539%2,4501382612%1,3833026929%3,784
Bragança66219514396312737910864516%3045821%1,692117248%1,1721873415%2,342
Castelo Branco66521121392620099914548022%10160947%5,6454609022%4,6095551928%6,940
Coimbra39986922194320981411342228%13341160%7,4123701917%3,7029639246%12,049
Faro49959313547013297910183520%4848436%2,6941734013%1,7343114423%3,893
Guarda5558641271771174378826416%4772738%2,6521855415%1,8552917325%3,647
Leiria3518321499051501049800428%7813452%4,3412603417%2,6035210035%6,513
Lisboa27817137169396423191411%1408138%782635317%635772819%966
Madeira8099014590247302444830%6665%373843%382821%35
Portalegre6112096959859664475518%2947042%1,6371735725%1,7361211320%1,514
Porto23484474678693344633320%3519047%1,9551218916%1,2192300133%2,875
Santarém67496116754015608911007216%9001854%5,0014400126%4,4004601729%5,752
Setúbal50470277675661485598411%2702035%1,5011685622%1,6861016415%1,271
Viana do Castelo2229981042611009217463033%3729836%2,0721100711%1,1012629126%3,286
Vila Real4330141345501134358982321%4503433%2,5022142216%2,1422361221%2,952
Viseu50407223134121969514404929%10590946%5,8843026313%3,0267564634%9,456
Évora7427695646553090472856%1596728%8871016218%1,016580511%726

 

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Portugal

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative areaTotal
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Carbon
biomass
(Mt)
Carbon
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
2001-10 (Mt)
Avg carbon
emissions/year
2011-18 (Mt)
Aveiro277780139934134290378590082222482312347127799611803152
Beja1030045101250103027166678025438047302114298901306130
Braga2720651136571042672670719111036882613160377900907235
Bragança662195143963127379269917095829301323850225625446632
Castelo Branco6652112139262009994427745322196434123313510179921502064
Coimbra399869221943209814526630133252837218071329747682847587
Faro499593135470132979225815738789623488312311050709891
Guarda5558641271771174372650934510624112590228417420806239
Leiria351832149905150104341049591930598010725547035101533860
Lisboa278171371693964282440953316300184239159409215276
Madeira8099014590247303688073165956922099968250
Portalegre6112096959859664123603075462308303462330638269491
Porto2348447467869334168596488430589468366320543653145
Santarém67496116754015608930050341173482999637948858191061264
Setúbal5047027767566148120011584259978236665272884191392
Viana do Castelo222998104261100921259924879828512546028333151812125
Vila Real4330141345501134352864277810081330560074501152633726
Viseu504072231341219695513274732519573413997637798372174671
Évora742769564655309089823412835604157534186101121824

 

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Portugal

This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative areaTotal
area (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2000 (ha)
Tree cover
Extent
in 2010 (ha)
Carbon
biomass
(Mt)
Avg biomass
per ha
(Mt)
Carbon
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg annual
emissions
2001-18 (Mt)
Avg annual
emissions
2001-10 (Mt)
Avg annual
emissions
2011-18 (Mt)
Aveiro2777801399341342902065036714812122623673479425433983537
Beja10300451012501030279091526902966204164789163037166980
Braga272065113657104267145675621286020117334451206127494856
Bragança662195143963127379147227511023179626176646123068243618
Castelo Branco6652112139262009992415133911312107147672619555268819308
Coimbra39986922194320981428725278129177427359857085316911553228
Faro49959313547013297912317223914794348266353169664387213
Guarda555864127177117437144596431135794963321942227683439767
Leiria3518321499051501041860270612410530532585030383733836651
Lisboa27817137169396424496780121180888610049486950117423
Madeira809901459024730201167613890528502954534500
Portalegre61120969598596646741987972979438165524180348146995
Porto234844746786933491961731234598508255473174842356261
Santarém67496116754015608916391094989462706525706483175578870
Setúbal50470277675661486546087842323619129090148846104395
Viana do Castelo222998104261100921141777211365361009297834181719442977
Vila Real433014134550113435156233321165498911305495273356345669
Viseu50407223134121969527996802121137431237635074253661186184
Évora742769564655309048994598715466878592710150966450

 

 

Archived forest data for Portugal | Forest data for Portugal

 

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

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