[2] It adjoins the 2,353 hectares (5,810 acres) Jaceruba Environmental Protection Area, created in 2002, to the west.

[1] The reserve is in the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in 2006.

The purpose is to fully protect the area’s biodiversity and other natural resources without direct human interference.

[2] Protected species in the reserve include the southern muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides), red myotis (Myotis ruber), Recife broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus recifinus), South American ocelot (Leopardus pardalis mitis), South American puma (Puma c. concolor), and rare frogs such as Thoropa petropolitana and T. lutzi.

Bird species include the Chaco eagle (Harpyhaliaetus coronatus), grey-winged cotinga (Tijuca condita), Salvadori's antwren (Myrmotherula minor), white-necked hawk (Leucopternis lacernulatus) and the white-eared parakeet (Pyrrhura leucotis).