RPPN Fazenda Anacã
A choice that endures
On 5 September 2024, part of the forest at Fazenda Anacã became a Private Natural Heritage Reserve: 17.08 hectares of Amazon protected for good, by the family’s own decision.
- Area
- 17.08 hectares
- Created
- 5 September 2024
- Location
- Fazenda Anacã, Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso
- Biome
- Amazon
- Protection
- In perpetuity
What an RPPN is
A protected area on private land
A Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN, in Portuguese) is a category of protected area created on private land at the owner’s own initiative and officially recognised by the government. RPPN Fazenda Anacã is a federally recognised protected area.
No one is required to create an RPPN. The decision is voluntary and, once made, permanent: the reserve is recorded on the property deeds and stays dedicated to conserving biodiversity even if the land changes hands.
Why it matters
Part of a wider landscape
The reserve protects a palm swamp of century-old buriti palms, stretches of forest and old trees such as the angelim-pedra. But it does not stand alone: it is part of a wider set of natural areas on the property — Legal Reserve, riparian areas, the Central Ecological Corridor and restoration areas — and connects with forest fragments nearby.
Together these areas give wildlife shelter, food and routes to move along. The reserve is the part that is protected for good; the animals recorded at Fazenda Anacã move across the whole mosaic, inside and outside its boundaries.
Six primate species have been recorded at Fazenda Anacã, among them the Alta Floresta titi, listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. For an animal that depends on connected forest, keeping this area protected for good matters a great deal.
The reserve is also one of the areas followed by Monitora Anacã, our camera-trap wildlife-monitoring project in partnership with UNEMAT.
Visiting
The angelim-pedra trail
Guests can visit the reserve on the RPPN Fazenda Anacã Trail: a boardwalk crosses the buriti palm swamp, then about 1 km of forest trail leads to an angelim-pedra tree over 300 years old. Visits are guided, in small groups and booked in advance, to keep the impact on the area to a minimum.
- About 1h30
- Guests only, up to 4 people per group
- No food may be taken or eaten on the trail
Tourism as a tool for conservation
The reserve is the permanent expression of a commitment renewed with every stay.
Our lodge, kitchen and nature outings help sustain a property that has chosen to keep its forest standing. Restoration, monitoring, education and connectivity show how that commitment works in practice.