for the reserves located in rio, the institudo estadual do ambiente - inea, posts on this page an orientation and instructions on how to get access to these protected areas, including a link to the document to be filled out and submitted (documentos para solicitação de autorização de pesquisa).

located in brasilia, the capital of brazil, another institution that can be of assistance when requesting authorization to visit biological reserves is the institudo chico mendes de conservação da biodiversidade, that can be contacted via this on-line form.

the first step in obtaining authorizations for scientific research or academic projects is contacting the the instituto chico mendes de conservação da biodiversidade - icmbio on this page, where a process of approval can be initiated after appropriate registration.