Caçador National Forest, National forest in Taquara Verde district of Caçador, Brazil

Caçador National Forest covers 706.54 hectares on undulating terrain at about 1,100 metres altitude, with V-shaped river valleys and elongated hills. Only 0.01% is native Atlantic Forest; about 270 hectares are planted Araucaria angustifolia, 250 hectares Pinus elliottii and 21 hectares a mix of both. The SC 451 highway cuts through the forest, which is divided into 32 stands.

The forest began in 1954 as Caçador Forest Park, when the municipality donated 710 hectares to the National Pine Institute (INP). After the INP was dissolved in 1967, the Brazilian Institute for Forest Development (IBDF) took over. On 25 September 1968 the park was raised to national forest status as Floresta Nacional de Caçador. Management passed to IBAMA in 1989 and today belongs to ICMBio; in 2011 the forest still had no management plan or governing council.

The name Caçador means "hunter" in Portuguese, referring to the municipality that donated the land. The forest is open to public visitation, and visitors can use the large kiosk, football field, ecological trails, and a house on site. In December 2011 the forest still had no management plan and no management council, despite a 2009 recommendation from the Federal Public Ministry in Santa Catarina.

The forest lies at km 26 of State Highway SC 451, in the Taquara Verde district of Caçador. The highway cuts through the reserve, which is divided into 32 numbered stands with internal roads in usable condition. There are no observation towers or communication systems; information is available only at the IBAMA regional office in the town of Caçador.

Only about 0.01% of the forest, roughly 2 hectares, is native Atlantic Forest; the rest is plantation. The 270 hectares of Araucaria angustifolia form the world's largest continuous reforestation of the species, listed as critically endangered by the IUCN.