Ikabaru (Taurepan, Pemon)

Tierra Indígena · Venezuela · 4°28′N 61°56′W

What this is

Ikabaru (Taurepan, Pemon) is an Indigenous territory in Venezuela, home to the Pemon (Taurepan), covering about 6,047 km². RAISG records 4,650 inhabitants. 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: 94 (their total extent ~13,655 ha, part of which may cross the boundary) — Amazon Mining Watch, cumulative since 2018
  • DETER deforestation alerts cover Brazil only; for Venezuela 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): 604,663 ha · 6,047 km²
  • Area (official registry): 597,983 ha
  • Type: Tierra Indígena
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Centre: 4°28′N 61°56′W

From orbit

Satellite view around the centre of Ikabaru (Taurepan, Pemon)

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