[5] The Serra do Barbosão is part of the Sambê - Santa Fé – Barbosão ecological corridor, and indirectly influences the neighboring municipalities of Rio Bonito, Silva Jardim and Cachoeiras de Macacu in helping preserve the forest remnants and local biodiversity.

Tanguá has one of Brazil's four fluorite mines, accounting for 11% of national production, an open pit and underground operation near the park.

[1] The park was included in the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in December 2006.

[7] In March 2016 the state government's Instituto Vital Brazil received approval for a project to survey flora and fauna in the park, including birds, reptiles, butterflies and moths.

Among other benefits, the survey would provide material for environmental and health education at Vital Brazil's Tanguá Campus.