[2] The plant would have been part of the proposed 12,000 megawatts (16,000,000 hp) Tapajós hydroelectric complex on the Tapajos and Jamanxim rivers.
[3] In April 2016 IBAMA suspended the environmental licensing process for the dam due to its expected impacts on indigenous and river communities.
[4] In August that year, IBAMA finally announced the official cancellation of the project's environmental license, which effectively stopped the dam.
[5] The conflict around the São Luiz do Tapajós mega dam has been referred as the next battle over saving the Amazon, as a result of its controversy involving Indigenous communities, the Brazilian government, large multinationals and international environmental organizations.
[6] Critics say the project will further result in deforestation and harm to the region's biodiversity, affecting the migratory movements of several species of ornamental fish and destroying nests of Macaw.