[3] It would flood large areas of Munduruku territory, and of land used by traditional ribeirinhos communities.

[5] The plant will be part of the proposed 12,000 megawatts (16,000,000 hp) Tapajós hydroelectric complex on the Tapajos and Jamanxim rivers.

[5] The São Luiz do Tapajós, Jatobá and Chacorão dams on the Tapajós would together flood 198,400 hectares (490,000 acres), including parts of the Amazônia and Juruena national parks and the Itaituba I and Itaituba II national forests.

Excluding the existing river area, 20,400 hectares (50,000 acres) will be newly flooded land.

[5] Provisional measure 558 of 5 January 2012, which changed the boundaries of various conservation units in the Amazon region, removed an area of about 19,915 hectares (49,210 acres) from the Tapajós Environmental Protection Area due to the planned Jatobá Hydroelectric Power Plant.

[8] The Federal Prosecutor General (Procurador Geral da União) filed a lawsuit in February 2012 challenging the constitutionality of the measure.