Projects Missing Indigenous Peoples (PS7) Analysis

The database assembled by NomoGaia analyzing public data regarding IFC’s potential impact on indigenous peoples is available on this page, both as a downloadable file and through the search function below.

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Project NameProject NumberCountryCategoryNature of Indigenous Risk
EFC Egypt II 41098 Egypt B No footprint is described; IPs are present in Egypt - yet IFC's review concluded that "risks and impacts as anticipated by PSs 5 - 6 - 7 and 8 are not present.
Agrotec III 40605 Paraguay B Agrotec's distribution centers are located where they could promote agricultural development on indigenous lands in Paraguay
Bioparques III 37826 Mexico B IFC found no IPs "in the area" but Huichols and Nahuas live in the state. Client trafficked IPs for forced labor in 2013 with abuses ongoing in 2018 https://bit.ly/3ehmytE
Tricon Boston Consulting Corporation Pvt Limited 38229 Pakistan B Jhimpir is home to landless herders but their indigeneity goes unacknowledged "within the project footprint - or nearby." Turbines are supplied by Xinjiang Goldwind
Maris ALP 38583 Kenya B Urban initially but Location is "throughout Kenya". IFC's language for future sites is that management of PS7 will fall "under Performance Standard 1" But ESIA is complete
Cabo Telecom II 37968 Brazil B Footprint expansion should evaluate impacts on quilombolas known to exist near Natal and Fortaleza. Although no lands are acquired poles and wires can restrict IP land uses
SP Energy Egypt SAE 39728 Egypt B IFC financed 11 of 39 projects in the new 37km2 industrial zone. IFC does not describe downgradient or legacy IP/herder impacts but noted there are no IPs presently "in the project area
Otecel SA 27118 Ecuador B Rural expansion of the footprint should consider impacts on Afrodescendants and IPs but IFC does not even consider the possibility: "no Indigenous Peoples are expected to be affected
Alcazar Solar I 37633 Egypt B IFC financed 11 of 39 projects in the new industrial zone. IFC does not describe downgradient or legacy IP impacts but observed there "are" no IPs presently "in the project area
Phoenix Power I 37591 Egypt B IFC financed 11 of 39 projects in the new 37km2 industrial zone. IFC does not describe downgradient or legacy IP impacts but noted there are no IPs presently "in the project area

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