Private nature reserves can play an important role in increasing the total area devoted to biodiversity conservation and can be more effective in terms of conservation than a state-protected area, which is why conservation efforts through such reserves are a growing initiative worldwide.

For this reason, the creation of the Madhú reserve would not only contribute to increasing the number of protected areas in the region, but would also conserve part of one of the richest and most endemic ecosystems. This is why the Madhú Reserve can play an important conservation role in a region of great interest and priority in the country, such as the Andean forests.

Mammals are one of the best known and most studied groups of vertebrates in the world, including the most widely distributed animals on the planet, and it is also remarkable the great diversity of species and the high heterogeneity among them, not only in anatomy, but also in their biology, ecology and behavior; differences that are noted both at the level of orders and families, as well as genus and species.