Serra de Ricardo Franco State Park is located in a region where the Amazon, Cerrado and Pantanal meet. Created in 1997, it was never fully implemented and, due to overseeing problems, it has become an easy target for land grabbers and cattle ranchers. Over 38 thousand hectares that should have been fully protected were deforested; 33% of this deforestation happened after the State Park was labeled a Conservation Unity. Cattle ranching is the main reason people invade these lands. 

O Parque Estadual Serra de Ricardo Franco, criado em 1997, abrange 158 mil hectares na fronteira do Brasil mato-grossense com a Bolívia. A área recebeu status de proteção devido à relevância de sua diversidade biológica, em uma região de encontro dos biomas Amazônia, Cerrado e Pantanal. Mas problemas em sua implementação e fiscalização tornam a floresta alvo para grileiros e pecuaristas.