The site measures 12,000 ha and is located in the district of Brokopondo around 130 km south from the capital city Paramaribo.

At the end of the 19th century gold miners entered the area now known as Brownsberg Nature Park.

Action against the illegal miners was taken periodically, but high gold prices have led them to return.

Amongst the species present are howler monkeys, grey-winged trumpeters, toucans and red-rumped agoutis.

The organisation found fifty illegal sites of gold miners in three weeks.