Reserves

Biodiversity Reserves

Explore the 35 reserves that make up our biodiversity conservation network in Uruguay

35 reserves

A Southern Screamer walking through green grassland, a bird characteristic of the region's wetlands.

543 ha

Arroyo Malo

Tacuarembó

A single area with natural grasslands, streams, lagoons, tall grasslands and riparian forests.

AAVC

600 ha

Barrancas Negras

Río Negro

A refuge for the Río Negro tuco-tuco in riparian forests and sandy grasslands

A group of horses on the natural grassland at dusk, in a wide-open setting of great scenic value.

670 ha

Cerro Agudo

Tacuarembó

A reserve containing very different yet interconnected types of ecosystem

A cluster of butiá palms growing on rocky outcrops

534 ha

Cerro de los Chivos

Paysandú

An area of Yatay palm groves and natural grasslands

445 ha

Coladeras

Río Negro

Parkland forests with Chaco influence, riparian forests, lagoons and natural grasslands all in one site.

369 ha

Coquimbo

Soriano

Conservation of parkland forests with Chaco influence, natural grasslands, riparian forests and a dense grove of Caranday Palm (Trithrinax campestris)

Wide view of the sandstone outcrops scattered across the grassland, geological formations of high heritage value.

AAVC

277 ha

El Alero III

Tacuarembó

Scenic beauty arising from the combination of sandstone ledges and crags, natural grasslands and riparian forests

Panoramic view of the grassland with native shrubland and forest in the background

13 ha

El Carretón III

Paysandú

A reserve intended to host pairs of seedeaters during the spring and summer

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308 ha

El Cencerro

Durazno

A reserve to conserve natural grasslands on basalt

AAVC

950 ha

El Cerro

Río Negro

Grasslands on sandy soils, parkland forest and riparian forest along the Río Negro

AAVC

865 ha

El Jabalí

Río Negro

The greatest richness of plant species in the Network, mammals that live only in Río Negro, scenic beauty and a history reaching back to the time of the Exodus of the Oriental People, all in one place