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
Wildeklawer 40686 South Africa B Agricultural inputs (e.g. from Northern Cape) are not considered. IFC dismisses PS7 because "no land is required for this project
HFE Bhadla 42694 India B Greenfield projects should consider SC and ST. Bhadla has SCs and STs but they don't even review any PS beyond 5
Pasabahce Egypt 41279 Egypt B IFC wrongly claims that "There are no indigenous people in Egypt." There is no evaluation of where sand is sourced
MTPL 41397 India B A greenfield SEZ in the tribal (ST) village of Panoli was created atop farmland in 2010 where this tire factory is planned. Indigeneity of displaced people is not mentioned
FCS RE MALI SHI 41588 Mali B Shea nut sourcing and impacts on water would be more likely than the facility itself to affect PS7. But IFC scoped to the "company's operational footprint
KTDA ICD 41498 Kenya B The depot may not be on IP lands - but tea sourcing fields would merit examination though IFC found PS7 "not. . . relevant to the IFC project
Grainpulse 41951 Uganda B IFC finds that "supply chain requirements in PS6" on biodiversity management apply but not in PS7 for IPs. No ethnic evaluation is provided to justify the omission
Addis Ababa Bottle And Glass Share Company 40108 Ethiopia B Glassmaking requires either sand/silicon or recycled glass. Sourcing leave open questions of impacts on IPs from sand quarries (as well as displaced IPs as waste pickers for recycled glass)
MEG 37095 Egypt B IFC notes that sites are in "modified habitat" to conclude that "there are no indigenous people in the area" but provides no info on sand/silicon/glass sourcing
NSG Argentina 42550 Argentina B IFC notes the footprint is in a "designated industrial zone" to bypass PS7 but provides no information on sand/silicon/glass sourcing

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