Restoration and seed sources in Medellín
Explore trees recorded as seed sources and forest interventions under the Más Bosques para Medellín project. Inspect published species, survey and establishment dates, planted tree counts and catchments.
Explore these layers ↗Historical inventories, not current survival monitoring or forest cover. Seed sources were surveyed from May 2024 to May 2025; intervention records contain dates from 2010 to 2025. Each polygon area is the source attribute, not a new measurement. Precise tree locations do not imply public access.
GeoSAT · Public mapping
One city. Many ways to read it.

Geovisor view · Municipal Disaster Risk Management Plan scenarios, City of Medellín. Reference mapping: not alerts or events.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Restoration and seed sources include in the Medellín geovisor?
In Medellín’s Restoration and seed sources you can explore 2 layers: Seed-source trees · reserves and Forest interventions · Más Bosques. Each layer states its source, date and use limits.
Can I reuse the Restoration and seed sources data?
According to each layer’s published license: Cartografía pública municipal · licencia específica no indicada. Check the exact license on the layer record before reuse.
How current are the Restoration and seed sources data?
Layers declare data dates from 2025-05-15 to 2025-05-29. Last GeoSAT verification: 2026-09-28.
How do I explore Restoration and seed sources in the viewer?
Click “Explore these layers” to open the prepared Restoration and seed sources query; review enabled layers under Layers. Filter by exact field and value, select features to read their records, and export received results with attribution and dates.
Who publishes the Restoration and seed sources data?
Layers come from Distrito de Medellín · Secretaría de Medio Ambiente · Subsecretaría de Recursos Naturales Renovables · Adaptación GeoSAT: atributos seleccionados, fechas UTC en formato ISO y coordenadas WGS84 redondeadas a siete decimales, sin simplificación, retrieved and adapted by GeoSAT with per-record attribution and provenance.
Which other themes can I explore?
Other themes in the Medellín geovisor: Metro, cableways and tram, Road infrastructure and taxi stands, and Walking and tactical urbanism.
Sources, dates and limits
Each source’s verification date appears in the table. Retrieval time is not the data update date. Small city-wide layers use the full extent; larger layers depend on the visible area. Reference publications retain their original retrieval date. Each page contains up to 500 features: up to 2 MiB for external services and 4 MiB for local publications. Reference publications load matching pages, up to 5,000 features and 8 MiB per query. External services may return partial samples, identified in the viewer.
| Layer and source | Data date | Reuse |
|---|---|---|
| Seed-source trees · reservesDistrito de Medellín · Secretaría de Medio Ambiente · Subsecretaría de Recursos Naturales Renovables · Adaptación GeoSAT: atributos seleccionados, fechas UTC en formato ISO y coordenadas WGS84 redondeadas a siete decimales, sin simplificación 89 trees recorded inside project reserves; the service describes work from March 2024 to May 2025. Individual survey dates run from May 31, 2024 to May 15, 2025. Tree codes are not unique, so each record retains its source ID. Diameter at breast height and tree height are published measurements, not current values. Property names and free-text observations are excluded. Location does not grant access. The service states no specific reuse license. | 2025-05-15Source checked: | Cartografía pública municipal · licencia específica no indicada |
| Forest interventions · Más BosquesDistrito de Medellín · Secretaría de Medio Ambiente · Subsecretaría de Recursos Naturales Renovables · Adaptación GeoSAT: atributos seleccionados, fechas UTC en formato ISO y coordenadas WGS84 redondeadas a siete decimales, sin simplificación 160 Más Bosques para Medellín project polygons. The service describes interventions and maintenance from 2009 through May 29, 2025; published individual establishment dates run from 2010 to May 2025. Planted-tree counts and hectares are inventory attributes, not survival counts or current canopy. Farm and owner names and free-text observations are excluded. Full unsimplified geometries; the service states no specific reuse license. | 2025-05-29Source checked: | Cartografía pública municipal · licencia específica no indicada |
Display transformations and adaptations are described for each source; precision and methods differ between sources. Obtain official mapping if you need surveying accuracy or documents with administrative validity.