Saracá-Taquera
Floresta Nacional · Brazil · 1°39′S 56°38′W
What this is
Saracá-Taquera is a floresta nacional — a legally designated protected area in Brazil, covering about 4,427 km², established in 1989. 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: 7 (their total extent ~187 ha, part of which may cross the boundary) — Amazon Mining Watch, cumulative since 2018
- Deforestation alerts (DETER, 12 months to 2026-08-16): 11 (total alert extent 2.5 km²) — drawn from the 6,000 largest alerts in the Legal Amazon, so small clearings are not included
- 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): 442,736 ha · 4,427 km²
- Area (official registry): 4,296,000 ha
- Type: Floresta Nacional
- Country: Brazil
- Centre: 1°39′S 56°38′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 Brazil
- Montanhas do Tumucumaque — 38,235 km²
- Terra do Meio — 33,847 km²
- Jaú — 23,736 km²
- Pico da Neblina — 22,488 km²
- Tapajós — 20,511 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
- Brazil — 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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