[1] It is bounded by the Bararati Sustainable Development Reserve to the east, the Sucunduri State Park to the south and west, and the Juruena National Park to the north.

The mosaic includes flooded and terra firma forests, rocky fields, campina and campinarana.

There is great biodiversity, including 13 endemic species of primate.

[4] The forest is an integral part of the Apuí Mosaic, which totals 2,467,243 hectares (6,096,690 acres) in area and contains the Guariba and Sucunduri State Parks; Bararati and Aripuanã sustainable development reserves; Guariba Extractive Reserve; and Sucunduri, Aripuanã, Apuí and Manicoré state forests.

[5] The management plan for the Apuí Mosaic was approved on 22 September 2010.