Estación Biológica del Beni
Reserva de la Biósfera · Bolivia · 14°39′S 66°18′W
What this is
Estación Biológica del Beni is a reserva de la biósfera — a legally designated protected area in Bolivia, covering about 1,353 km², established in 1982. 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: 0 — Amazon Mining Watch, cumulative since 2018
- DETER deforestation alerts cover Brazil only; for Bolivia 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): 135,338 ha · 1,353 km²
- Area (official registry): 135,000 ha
- Type: Reserva de la Biósfera
- Country: Bolivia
- Centre: 14°39′S 66°18′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 Bolivia
- Kaa-iya del Gran Chaco — 19,280 km²
- Noel Kempff Mercado — 16,070 km²
- Kaa-iya del Gran Chaco — 14,964 km²
- Isiboro Securé — 13,053 km²
- Madidi — 12,662 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
- Bolivia — 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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