Aracá-Padauiri

Tierra Indígena · Brazil · 0°11′N 63°40′W

What this is

Aracá-Padauiri is an Indigenous territory in Brazil, home to the Baniwa, Baré, Desana, Makurap, Pira-tapuya, Tariana, Tukano, Tuyuka e Yanomami, covering about 33,990 km². Indigenous-held forest is among the best-conserved in the basin; detections inside it are a measure of pressure on the people who keep it standing.

Detections centred inside · as of 2026-08-23

  • Illegal-mining scars: 5 (their total extent ~187 ha, part of which may cross the boundary) — Amazon Mining Watch, cumulative since 2018
  • Deforestation alerts (DETER, 12 months to 2026-08-16): 0 — drawn from the 6,000 largest alerts in the Legal Amazon, so small clearings are not included
  • Active fires are a 48-hour feed and change daily — see them live on the dashboard below

A detection counts here when its centre point falls inside the boundary at the time of the monthly bake; extents are the detections' own areas and can straddle the edge. A detection is a satellite-seen change, not a verdict on legality.

Key figures

  • Area (GIS): 3,398,956 ha · 33,990 km²
  • Area (official registry): 3,388,299 ha
  • Type: Tierra Indígena
  • Country: Brazil
  • Centre: 0°11′N 63°40′W

From orbit

Satellite view around the centre of Aracá-Padauiri

Esri · Maxar World Imagery — an undated mosaic, not a dated capture.

See it live

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Source

Boundary, category and area: RAISG (Amazon Network of Georeferenced Socio-Environmental Information). Mining: Amazon Mining Watch (Earth Genome, CC-BY 4.0). Alerts: INPE DETER. Joined by Canopy Watch on 2026-08-23.

Elsewhere