It was recognised by the Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform – INCRA) as an agro-extraction project for 200 families on 28 April 2005.

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

[1] In 2000 it was found that the forest had potential for agro-forestry or pastoral exploitation, including annual and perennial crops, livestock raising and fish culture.

[1] 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.