Río Bobo y Buesaquillo
Reservas Forestales Protectoras Nacionales · Colombia · 1°09′N 77°14′W
What this is
Río Bobo y Buesaquillo is a reservas forestales protectoras nacionales — a legally designated protected area in Colombia, covering about 47 km², established in 2017. IUCN category V (Protected landscape). 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 2026-09-12
- Illegal-mining scars: 0 — Amazon Mining Watch, cumulative since 2018
- DETER deforestation alerts cover Brazil only; for Colombia 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): 4,707 ha · 47 km²
- Area (official registry): 4,709 ha
- Type: Reservas Forestales Protectoras Nacionales
- Country: Colombia
- Centre: 1°09′N 77°14′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 Colombia
- La Serranía de Chiribiquete — 42,853 km²
- Puinawai — 11,018 km²
- Yaigojé Apaporis — 10,579 km²
- Río Puré — 9,740 km²
- Nukak — 8,796 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 2026-09-12.
Elsewhere
- Colombia — 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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