Bahuaja Sonene
Parque Nacional · Peru · 13°22′S 69°24′W
What this is
Bahuaja Sonene is a parque nacional — a legally designated protected area in Peru, covering about 10,959 km², established in 1996. Administered at the nacional level. What is permitted inside depends on the category — strict reserves allow almost nothing, national forests and extractive reserves allow managed use — so a detection here is a reason to look, not a verdict.
Detections centred inside · as of 2026-08-23
- Illegal-mining scars: 1 (their total extent ~23 ha, part of which may cross the boundary) — Amazon Mining Watch, cumulative since 2018
- DETER deforestation alerts cover Brazil only; for Peru the live dashboard shows Global Forest Watch's integrated alerts over this boundary
- 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): 1,095,905 ha · 10,959 km²
- Area (official registry): 1,091,416 ha
- Type: Parque Nacional
- Country: Peru
- Centre: 13°22′S 69°24′W
From orbit
Esri · Maxar World Imagery — an undated mosaic, not a dated capture.
See it live
- Open on the live map — flown to the boundary with the Protected areas layer on; toggle fires, alerts and mining over it
- Open the 3D globe
More protected areas in Peru
- Alto Purús — 25,018 km²
- Pacaya Samiria — 21,813 km²
- del Manu — 17,054 km²
- Cordillera Azul — 13,596 km²
- Sierra del Divisor — 13,470 km²
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
- Peru — every area with a page, and the country's numbers
- Live dashboard — the 2D map with every layer and the 12-month timeline
- Earth Explorer — the 3D globe and curated places
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