Caçador National Forest According to the National System of Nature Conservation Units , a national forest of Brazil is an area with forest cover of predominantly native species that has as its basic objective the multiple sustainable use of the forest resources and scientific research, with emphasis on methods of sustainable exploitation of native forests.[ 1] There are 67 national forests in Brazil.
Name State Biome Created Area (ha) Açu Rio Grande do Norte Caatinga 2001 225 Açungui Paraná Atlantic Forest 1968 490 Altamira Pará Amazon 1998 725,406 Amaná Pará Amazon 2006 542,655 Amapá Amapá Amazon 1989 460,359 Amazonas Amazonas Amazon 1989 1,944,203 Anauá Roraima Amazon 2005 259,400 Araripe-Apodi Ceará Caatinga 1946 38,919 Aripuanã Amazonas Amazon 2016 751,295 Balata-Tufari Amazonas Amazon 2008 1,079,954 Bom Futuro Rondônia Amazon 1988 97,405 Brasília Federal District Cerrado 1999 9,336 Caçador Santa Catarina Atlantic Forest 1968 706 Canela Rio Grande do Sul Atlantic Forest 1968 563 Capão Bonito São Paulo Atlantic Forest 1968 4,236 Carajás Pará Amazon 1998 391,255 Caxiuanã Pará Amazon 1961 317,946 Chapecó Santa Catarina Atlantic Forest 1968 1,604 Contendas do Sincorá Bahia Caatinga 1999 11,215 Crepori Pará Amazon 2006 740,396 Cristópolis Bahia Cerrado 2001 12,840 Goytacazes Espírito Santo Atlantic Forest 2002 1,425 Humaitá Amazonas Amazon 1998 473,256 Ibirama Santa Catarina Atlantic Forest 1988 519 Ibura Sergipe Atlantic Forest 2005 144 Ipanema São Paulo Atlantic Forest 1992 5,384 Iquiri Amazonas Amazon 2008 1,472,599 Irati Paraná Atlantic Forest 1968 3,802 Itacaiunas Pará Amazon 1968 136,699 Itaituba I Pará Amazon 1998 212,881 Itaituba II Pará Amazon 1998 427,366 Jacundá Rondônia Amazon 2004 221,229 Jamanxim Pará Amazon 2006 1,301,567 Jamari Rondônia Amazon 1984 222,151 Jatuarana Amazonas Amazon 2002 569,482 Lorena São Paulo Atlantic Forest 2001 281 Macauã Acre Amazon 1988 176,356 Mapiá-Inauini Amazonas Amazon 1989 176,356 Mário Xavier Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest 1986 495 Mata Grande Goiás Cerrado 2003 2,009 Mulata Pará Amazon 2001 216,446 Negreiros Pernambuco Caatinga 2007 3,004 Nísia Floresta Rio Grande do Norte Atlantic Forest 2001 168 Pacotuba Espírito Santo Atlantic Forest 2002 449 Palmares Piauí Caatinga 2005 168 Paraopeba Minas Gerais Cerrado 2001 203 Passa Quatro Minas Gerais Atlantic Forest 1968 335 Passo Fundo Rio Grande do Sul Atlantic Forest 1968 1,333 Pau-Rosa Amazonas Amazon 2001 827,877 Piraí do Sul Paraná Atlantic Forest 2004 170 Purus Amazonas Amazon 1998 256,121 Restinga de Cabedelo Paraíba Atlantic Forest 2004 114 Rio Preto Espírito Santo Atlantic Forest 1998 2,561 Ritápolis Minas Gerais Atlantic Forest 1999 89 Roraima Roraima Amazon 1989 167,268 Santa Rosa do Purus Acre Amazon 2001 231,555 São Francisco Acre Amazon 2001 21,148 São Francisco de Paula Rio Grande do Sul Atlantic Forest 1968 1,615 Saracá-Taquera Pará Amazon 1989 441,283 Silvânia Goiás Cerrado 2001 486 Sobral Ceará Caatinga 2001 661 Tapajós Pará Amazon 1974 530,621 Tapirapé-Aquiri Pará Amazon 1989 196,502 Tefé Amazonas Amazon 1989 865,122 Três Barras Santa Catarina Atlantic Forest 1968 4,385 Trairão Pará Amazon 2006 257,529 Urupadi Amazonas Amazon 2016 537,228