Conservation
Anacã is a tourism business. Our lodge and outings help sustain a property where, since 2015, conservation has meant concrete action: protecting, restoring, understanding and sharing.
The most lasting way to conserve is to make sure the forest stays standing.
A private protected area, protected in perpetuity
Created on 5 September 2024 by the family’s own choice, this Private Natural Heritage Reserve permanently protects 17.08 hectares of Amazon forest within Fazenda Anacã.
Discover our reserveSince 2016, land once used for cattle has been returned to forest, and isolated fragments brought closer together.
Between 2020 and 2022, 30,000 seedlings were planted and ecological corridors formed in partnership with Restauragro and ESALQ/USP.
Restoration begun in 2016
Restoration and forest enrichment here began in 2016, with direct seeding and native tree planting. The corridor links forest fragments on the property and gives wildlife more cover and possible routes between them. Camera traps have already recorded many species using the area — a range of birds, primates, tapirs, anteaters, collared peccaries, tayras, tortoises, lesser grisons, ocelots, coatis, capybaras, neotropical otters and even giant otters.
Springs and streams protected since 2016
In 2016, Fazenda Anacã began fencing off springs and streams that cattle had previously used. Used as watering and grazing spots, these areas suffered from degraded vegetation and erosion. Free from trampling, the vegetation in these riparian areas — protected under Brazil’s Forest Code (Law 12,651/2012) — has been regenerating. Today around 15 hectares are regenerating — separate from the 17.08 hectares of the reserve.
A new stage of restoration
Continues the work begun in 2016, with forest enrichment, ecological recovery and long-term management of the areas being restored.
Fewer roadkills, more connectivity
A collective initiative that reduces the impact of roads on wildlife, with canopy bridges for tree-dwelling animals, road signs to alert drivers, and work to connect forest fragments. Fazenda Anacã and Instituto Reconecta are among its organisers. As part of the project, Anacã also takes part in the primate census.
Knowing who lives here, and where they move, guides our conservation decisions.
Camera traps, in partnership with UNEMAT
A recent wildlife-monitoring project using camera traps, in academic collaboration with UNEMAT (Mato Grosso State University), building on years of wildlife observation and recording on the property. The records broaden knowledge of local biodiversity, and results are shared with students, the community and through Anacã’s channels.
In the press: g1 Mato Grosso — Vídeo: macacos-pregos brincam com câmera de monitoramento em MT
Conservation also means bringing people closer to the forest.
Birdwatching with the community, since 2015
Since 2015, Fazenda Anacã has opened its trails for free birdwatching activities with the local community, In 2019 the lodge hosted field outings and a talk by Silvia Linhares, the Brazilian who has photographed more Brazilian bird species than anyone else; in 2023, with SEBRAE and UNEMAT, it held a nature-photography workshop with photographer Kacau Oliveira.
Children, forest and binoculars
Free guided visits for children aged 6 to 8, in partnership with UNEMAT. With binoculars and spotting scopes, bird guides, biologists and monitors lead the children along the trails, among leaves, ant nests, seeds, primates and birds — and the morning ends with a picnic in the lodge garden.
Native stingless bees, since 2018
The uruçu-boca-de-renda meliponary began in 2018 to help pollinate the forest restoration areas. Today it also has productive, educational and tourism roles, and guests can visit it on the Stingless Bee Trail.
Stingless Bee TrailAnacã also takes part in initiatives to strengthen tourism governance in Alta Floresta and the wider region. Institutional role
Timeline
Satellite images of Fazenda Anacã in 2013 and 2022: the growth of green areas is visible both in the widening riparian forest and in the ecological corridors.
Community birdwatching activities begin.
Restoration of the Central Ecological Corridor and the riparian areas begins.
Stingless beekeeping with native bees begins.
RPPN Fazenda Anacã is officially created, on 5 September.
The Monitora Anacã and Regenera Anacã projects get under way.
The reserve trail, the Stingless Bee Trail and our wildlife itineraries take guests into the habitats this work protects.
