[3] The Pico do Jabre rises to 1,197 metres (3,927 ft), and is the highest peak of the six northeast states of Pernambuco, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Ceará and Maranhão.

[4] The Pico do Jabre State Park was created through decree 14.843 of 19 October 1992 with an area of about 500 hectares (1,200 acres) with great natural diversity of flora, fauna and rocky outcrops.

The prosecutor said that the property owners had ignored the fact that the area had been declared of public utility for the purpose of expropriation, and had continued illegal construction, causing irreversible environmental damage to a unique ecosystem.

[6] The region has a Köppen climate classification of Aw: hot and humid, with rain in the summer and autumn.

Species such as angico (Mimosoideae), Cedrus, Amburana, quixabeira (Sideroxylon obtusifolium) and aroeira (Anacardiaceae) stand out.