[4] The vegetation is semi-deciduous tropical rain forest, with very tall trees and sparse undergrowth.

[4] The reserve was created to preserve a remnant of Atlantic forest in the northern part of the state.

[3] In January 2014 the Federal Public Ministry in Espírito Santo gained a court ruling that ICMBio had 180 days to delimit buffer zones around the Córrego do Veado Biological Reserve as well as the nearby 2,830 hectares (7,000 acres) Rio Preto National Forest and the 1,504 hectares (3,720 acres) Córrego Grande Biological Reserve.

A buffer zone is an area around a conservation unit where human activity is subject to various rules and restrictions.

[5] Protected species in the Atlantic Forest biome are northern brown howler (Alouatta guariba guariba), oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus), red-browed amazon (Amazona rhodocorytha), scalloped antbird (Myrmeciza ruficauda), white-eared parakeet (Pyrrhura leucotis) and ochre-marked parakeet (Pyrrhura cruentata).