The Aripuanã State Forest is in the municipality of Apuí, Amazonas.

[1] The forest is bounded by the border with the state of Mato Grosso to the south, the Aripuanã Sustainable Development Reserve to the east and the Guariba Extractive Reserve to the west.

The Paxiúba River, a tributary of the Aripuanã River enters the forest from the south and flows across it in a northerly direction.

The objectives are to support multiple sustainable uses of forest resources and scientific research with emphasis of methods of sustainable exploitation of native forests.

[3] The Aripuanã State 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, Aripuana, Apuí and Manicoré state forests.