List of Brazilian National Forests
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
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