It coordinates between eleven conservation units of different types in the Amazon rainforest to the northwest of the state capital, Manaus.

Traditional occupations include slash-and-burn agriculture, plant and animal extraction, logging, hunting, crafts and tourism.

The local residents have the knowledge needed for sustainable development such as ecotourism, non-timber extraction, agriculture, fishing and other practices.

[1] The proposal to create the mosaic was prepared by IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute of Ecological Research) and submitted in January 2005 to the Fundo Nacional do Meio Ambiente – FNMA (National Environment Fund).

[2] The National System of Conservation Units (SNUC) law defines a mosaic as a collection of protected areas of the same or different categories that are near to each other, adjoin each other or overlap, and that should be managed as a whole.