Madidi

Parque Nacional · Bolivia · 14°06′S 68°34′W

What this is

Madidi is a parque nacional — a legally designated protected area in Bolivia, covering about 12,662 km², established in 1995. 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: 12 (their total extent ~803 ha, part of which may cross the boundary) — 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): 1,266,169 ha · 12,662 km²
  • Area (official registry): 1,271,500 ha
  • Type: Parque Nacional
  • Country: Bolivia
  • Centre: 14°06′S 68°34′W

From orbit

Satellite view around the centre of Madidi

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