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. There are 67 national forests in Brazil.
| Name | State | Biome | Created | Area (ha) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Açu | 2001 | 225 | |||
| Açungui | Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 490 | ||
| Altamira | Amazon | 1998 | 725,406 | ||
| Amaná | Amazon | 2006 | 542,655 | ||
| Amapá | Amazon | 1989 | 460,359 | ||
| Amazon | 1989 | 1,944,203 | |||
| Amazon | 2005 | 259,400 | |||
| Araripe-Apodi | Caatinga | 1946 | 38,919 | ||
| 2016 | 751,295 | ||||
| Balata-Tufari | Amazon | 2008 | 1,079,954 | ||
| Bom Futuro | Amazon | 1988 | 97,405 | ||
| Brasília | Cerrado | 1999 | 9,336 | ||
| Caçador | Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 706 | ||
| Canela | Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 563 | ||
| Capão Bonito | Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 4,236 | ||
| Carajás | Amazon | 1998 | 391,255 | ||
| Caxiuanã | Amazon | 1961 | 317,946 | ||
| Chapecó | Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 1,604 | ||
| Contendas do Sincorá | Caatinga | 1999 | 11,215 | ||
| Crepori | Amazon | 2006 | 740,396 | ||
| Cristópolis | Cerrado | 2001 | 12,840 | ||
| Goytacazes | Atlantic Forest | 2002 | 1,425 | ||
| Humaitá | Amazon | 1998 | 473,256 | ||
| Ibirama | Atlantic Forest | 1988 | 519 | ||
| Ibura | Atlantic Forest | 2005 | 144 | ||
| Ipanema | Atlantic Forest | 1992 | 5,384 | ||
| Iquiri | Amazon | 2008 | 1,472,599 | ||
| Irati | Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 3,802 | ||
| Itacaiunas | Amazon | 1968 | 136,699 | ||
| Itaituba I | Amazon | 1998 | 212,881 | ||
| Itaituba II | Amazon | 1998 | 427,366 | ||
| Jacundá | Amazon | 2004 | 221,229 | ||
| Jamanxim | Amazon | 2006 | 1,301,567 | ||
| Jamari | Amazon | 1984 | 222,151 | ||
| Jatuarana | Amazon | 2002 | 569,482 | ||
| Lorena | Atlantic Forest | 2001 | 281 | ||
| Macauã | Amazon | 1988 | 176,356 | ||
| Mapiá-Inauini | Amazon | 1989 | 176,356 | ||
| Mário Xavier | Atlantic Forest | 1986 | 495 | ||
| Mata Grande | Cerrado | 2003 | 2,009 | ||
| Mulata | Amazon | 2001 | 216,446 | ||
| Negreiros | Caatinga | 2007 | 3,004 | ||
| Nísia Floresta | Atlantic Forest | 2001 | 168 | ||
| Pacotuba | Atlantic Forest | 2002 | 449 | ||
| Palmares | 2005 | 168 | |||
| Paraopeba | 2001 | 203 | |||
| Passa Quatro | 1968 | 335 | |||
| Passo Fundo | 1968 | 1,333 | |||
| Pau-Rosa | 2001 | 827,877 | |||
| Piraí do Sul | 2004 | 170 | |||
| Purus | 1998 | 256,121 | |||
| Restinga de Cabedelo | 2004 | 114 | |||
| Rio Preto | 1998 | 2,561 | |||
| Ritápolis | 1999 | 89 | |||
| Roraima | 1989 | 167,268 | |||
| Santa Rosa do Purus | 2001 | 231,555 | |||
| São Francisco | 2001 | 21,148 | |||
| 1968 | 1,615 | ||||
| 1989 | 441,283 | ||||
| Silvânia | Cerrado | 2001 | 486 | ||
| Sobral | Caatinga | 2001 | 661 | ||
| Amazon | 1974 | 530,621 | |||
| Amazon | 1989 | 196,502 | |||
| Amazon | 1989 | 865,122 | |||
| Atlantic Forest | 1968 | 4,385 | |||
| 2006 | 257,529 | ||||
| 2016 | 537,228 |