The dry season from June to September is used for slash-and-burn land clearance for agriculture and for forest management and logging.

[3] Satellite images show that the forest is:[4] The most common flora are from the Caesalpinaceae, Mimosaceae, Moraceae, Fabaceae and Euphorbiaceae families.

[9] It was a joint project of the state government and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) with focus on gaining basic information on the forest's physical aspects, flora, fauna, people and land use.

By the 1990s studies were considering sustainable use of multiple forest resources, economic feasibility and issues of forestry concessions.

[14] Ordnance 19 of 22 June 2005 redefined the forest boundaries to include the Pacatuba, Arapixi and Novo Amparo lands, giving it an area of 65,965 hectares (163,000 acres).

[13] On 13 December 2005 the Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform) recognised the forest as an agro-extractive project for 250 families, who would now qualify for assistance under PRONAF (National Program for the Strengthening of Family Farming).

[8] A study published in 2012 reported results of estimating above-ground biomass (AGB) and identifying low-intensity logging areas in the forest using airborne scanning lidar.

[16] Even when the residual canopy remained closed, the lidar could identify harvest areas, roads, skid trails and landings, and the reduction of biomass that had resulted.

[11] In 2003 an area of 2,200 hectares (5,400 acres) was managed, with a gross volume of 16,713 cubic metres (590,200 cu ft) of wood extracted.

[18] By 2003 the forest was inhabited by 109 families with 383 people, mainly rubber tappers, organised into two associations and one cooperative.

[5] In the rainy season the Antimary River is the only transport route for families living in the state forest, used for carrying Brazil nuts, rubber and cassava flour.

[22] The proportion of processed wood products coming from managed forests in Acre grew from 5.7% in 2002 to 84% in 2008.