International congress, held every two years, with emphasis on the presentation of studies and research related to major Brazilian forest ecosystems. The main biomes focused are: Amazon Forest, Pantanal, Cerrado, Caatinga, Atlantic Forest and Araucaria Forests. The event mobilizes participants from Brazil and abroad, especially from Latin American countries. The Congress involved about five thousand professionals on the eight previous editions. The result is measured in the volume of presentations: in almost two decades, were gathered 672 technical papers and published in the event annals.