It was recognised by the Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform – INCRA) as an agro-extractive project for 210 families on 28 April 2005.

[1] The consultative council for the Rio Gregório State Forest complex was created by decree on 19 September 2008.

[3] As of April 2012 there were 422 families in the Rio Gregório Forest Complex, which covered 480,000 hectares (1,200,000 acres) in total.

The state's Department of Industry, Trade and Sustainable Services (SEDENS) had a number of plans for the complex.

Each family would get a concession of 100 hectares (250 acres) of which 20% could be cleared and the remainder used in a sustainable way.