The Cantidiano Valqueiro Barros Private Natural Heritage Reserve is in the municipality of Floresta, Pernambuco.

[1] The owner of the Tabuleiro Comprido farm, Natanael Valgueiro Barros, was opposed to hunting and deforestation.

He raised cattle, sheep and goats on the land, which also supports a flock of emus, now much reduced in size by hunters.

The National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA) declared that the farm was unproductive, and threatened to expropriate and develop it.

[5] Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) and white-cheeked pintail (Anas bahamensis) were reported in the reserve in 2005.