Over 24,000 hectares of Amazon rainforest, intact

A primary rainforest in Guajará, Amazonas, saved from state-designated deforestation.

An area crucial to protect.

Our reserve sits deep in the Juruá river basin — one of the most biodiverse and least-disturbed corners of the Amazon.

Yet the land had been designated for agrarian settlement — legally on a path toward clearance.

The reserve exists because we chose to intervene.

Between 2023 and 2025, 75 separate landholdings were consolidated into a single reserve, held under private ownership with philanthropic support, to keep it intact.

Map showing the location and boundaries of the IEUNI conservation reserve in Guajará, Amazonas, Brazil

Independently recognised.

The reserve's ecological significance is documented by independent institutions.

MAP OF LIFE · Approximately 3,003 species — 30 threatened and 19 near-threatened on the IUCN Red List.

WWF · Within the Iquitos Várzea Ecoregion — one of the Global 200 priority ecoregions.

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) · Protected Area Management Categories.

And it sits outside Brazil's federal protected-area network.

Mature primary rainforest tree within the IEUNI conservation reserve in the Brazilian Amazon

A river flowing through a dense tropical rainforest with tall trees, lush green foliage, and a partly cloudy sky.

Field team, biodiversity and forest conditions inside the IEUNI conservation area

Intact rainforest canopy and blackwater river within the IEUNI reserve in Amazonas

Yet, our reserve still faces pressure.

Organised logging crews cut roads into standing forest to reach high-value timber. Poachers take wildlife from within the reserve. And adjacent landholders clear their own land, pushing at the perimeter.

Deforestation and forest burning near the perimeter of the IEUNI conservation reserve

No preservation without protection.

Two teams, 14-day shifts. Surveillance and patrol inside the reserve. Each team includes trained security personnel. Drones extend the coverage. The full perimeter is demarcated and signed.

Conservation patrol team protecting the IEUNI reserve from illegal logging and poaching

Protected area boundary marker within the IEUNI conservation reserve

Forest protection team conducting surveillance inside the IEUNI conservation reserve

A working reference for what comes next. As deforestation reshapes the region, the reserve is being held as a long-term reference — a working example of what intact rainforest looks like here, for future generations and for anyone deciding what the land around it should become.

Protection doesn't stop at the Reserve boundary.

Around it, our agroforestry programme gives farming families an economic alternative to clearing forest — extending protection beyond the boundary, into the wider landscape.

Agroforestry →

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We're looking for institutional and philanthropic partners to scale conservation in the Juruá region.

The reserve has grown 50% in two years – further strategic expansion would create a buffer against deforestation pushing north toward Vale do Javari.

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