It was created by decree on 13 February 2006 and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio).

[4] To the west it adjoins the 538,081 hectares (1,329,630 acres) Urupadi National Forest in Amazonas, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2016.

[4] The national forest was created as part of the planning process for land management and environment protection along the BR-163 trans-Amazon highway.

The fully protected areas, which cover 6,670,422 hectares (16,482,970 acres), are the Amazônia, Jamanxim, Rio Novo and Serra do Pardo national parks, the Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve and the Terra do Meio Ecological Station.

[6] The sustainable use areas include the Tapajós environmental protection area and the Altamira, Amaná, Jamanxim, Trairão, Itaituba I, Itaituba II and Tapajós national forests, covering a total of 7,555,889 hectares (18,671,010 acres).