[1] It adjoins the Rio Pardo Environmental Protection Area to the south, the Jaci Paraná Extractive Reserve to the southwest and the Karitiana Indigenous Territory to the west.

The urban settlement of Rio Pardo developed inside the forest, with more than ten sawmills and with associations to promote allocation of land to farmers and ranchers.

The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) attempted to expel the invaders on at least two occasions, but was unsuccessful in part due to lack of funding from the headquarters of the agency.

[5] On 15 July 2009 a working group was created with the objective of solving the social and environmental problems caused by the illegal occupation of the forest.

[5] The road linking the settlement of Rio Pardo to BR-364 was excluded, as was an area of 31,300 hectares (77,000 acres) that had previously overlapped with the Karitiana Indigenous Territory.. Law 2894 created a program to compensate families relocated from the forest.