Territorio Multiétnico Arawak - Yanomami
Área Indígena de uso tradicional · Venezuela · 1°42′N 65°41′W
What this is
Territorio Multiétnico Arawak - Yanomami is an Indigenous territory in Venezuela, home to the Kurripaco, Baniva, Warekena, Yanomami, covering about 14,766 km². 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: 3 (their total extent ~309 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): 1,476,558 ha · 14,766 km²
- Type: Área Indígena de uso tradicional
- Country: Venezuela
- Centre: 1°42′N 65°41′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 Indigenous lands layer on; toggle fires, alerts and mining over it
- Open the 3D globe
More Indigenous territories in Venezuela
- Territorio tradicional Pemon — 69,229 km²
- Territorio Ye'kwana-Sanema de Medio Alto Caura — 36,012 km²
- Territorio tradicional Yanomami de Alto Orinoco — 35,890 km²
- Territorio Tradicional Warao — 28,449 km²
- Territorio tradicional Uwottüja — 22,955 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
- Venezuela — 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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