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
Telecom Argentina II 40857 Argentina B IFC's investment proposes to expand IT networks across Argentina and Paraguay - affecting connectivity through rural areas. IFC does not say why PS7 was bypassed
Biopappel 41357 Mexico B Durango is home to the Tepehuan; Oaxaca is home to the Zapotec - Mistec - Mazateco - Chinateco - Mixe - Chatino - Trique - Huave and others. This mill only considered PS1-4
Aqua Expeditions 38628 Indonesia B Cambodian and Peruvian and Indonesian IPs can be adversely affected by tourism - esp in terms of culture and land use. Nothing beyond PS4 is even mentioned
Camel Group 41128 China A This lead smelter has been built atop an ancient Uyghur irrigation system which Beijing rezoned as 'industrial'
AC Energy Green Bond 40227 Vietnam B PS7 was flagged as "not applicable" but IFC does not disclose the footprint for expanded operations in an industry with a history of indigenous displacement
Sierra Rutile 2 40101 Sierra Leone A NomoGaia interviewed Foinda residents in 2008 who expressed a strong cultural tie to land - had ancestral roots there - and resisted Sierra Rutile's expansion
PMH Property 41772 Vietnam B IFC's PS7 review was far stronger than at other projects but did not link PS7 questions to the displacement of households at the PHK eco-township on ancestral Muong lands
FCS RE CIPREL V 39096 Cote D'Ivoire A IFC concludes IPs will not be impacted without knowing locations for new towers. "Willing" sellers plus a policy to notify IFC if installation will affect IP lands are in place but no PS7
Jointown Pharma 41947 China B Xinjiang footprints are adjacent to prison facilities. Inner Mongolia facilities should be evaluated.
DCM Sugar 42346 India B If expansion requires additional inputs from suppliers (e.g. cane growers) - SC and ST could be affected. But IFC only considers the mill footprint for impacts

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