 The municipality also contains the Campos de Manicoré Environmental Protection Area, created at the same time.The purpose was to protect biological diversity and control the process of occupying the region, in particular along the road being built between Santo Antônio de Matupi on BR-230 and the seat of the municipality of Manicoré on the Madeira River.The municipality contains about 9% of the Aripuanã National Forest, a sustainable development unit also created at that time.