It adjoins the Faro State Forest and Rio Trombetas Biological Reserve to the south.

[3] The state forest covers about 14% of the Northern Corridor of Pará, which contains about 220,000 square kilometres (85,000 sq mi) of protected areas.

[6] The forest is home to thousands of species of animal and plant, many endemic to the region.

There is potential for managed use of wood and non-wood forest products, ecotourism and environmental services.

[7] On 7 May 2012 various state and non-state agencies (Pará Secretariat of State of the Environment, Pará Institute of Forest Development, Conservation International of Brasil, Institute of Man and the Environment of Amazonia – Imazon and other) agreed to work together to support implementation, consolidation and management of the north Para conservation units, namely Grão-Pará Ecological Station, Maicuru Biological Reserve and the Faro, Trombetas and Paru state forests.