The main objective of creating a municipal reserve is to preserve the ecosystem for future generations by preventing the over-exploitation of its natural resources via methods such as expansion, extensive farming, deforestation and mining operations.
Aquicuana Reserve contains tremendous biodiversity. Over the past several years, Sustainable Bolivia , has been building an inventory of the species living in the Reserve in order to raise awareness locally and internationally of the need to protect this unique and diverse ecosystem.
This is an ongoing project, the dense Amazon rainforest still holds many mysteries and species to be discovered.