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
Renova Crushing 38744 Argentina B IFC describes no due diligence on indigenous peoples at the site or in sourcing areas for agricultural inputs
Kioo Glass 38664 Tanzania B IFC indicates that "Findings of the due diligence confirmed no presence of indigenous people." But no project documentation indicates where sand/glass is sourced from
Bangla LNG 38502 Bangladesh B The project is located 2.4 km offshore - with a minimal onshore footprint" It is offshore of Chittagong hill tract land - indigenous uses of waters and waterfronts were not evaluated
Kingenta 39459 China B Agricultural could be on IP lands. Kingenta's footprint includes Xinjiang to be closer to agriculture. But only operational footprints are evaluated for formal IP claims
Xiang Niang 38881 China B Operations at the Khorgos border crossing - Xinjiang
ESIP Power2SME 39386 India B IFC found "the type of risks and impacts envisaged in PS7 (Indigenous Peoples)" N/A. The risks would be associated with the SMEs aggregated by the project - but these are not assessed in any way.
LLP Peru 39427 Peru B Lurin is adjacent to an ancient burial site. Its borders aren't defined. Internally displaced Quechua squatters have settled in both areas and were violently evicted in 2015 https://bit.ly/3ejavMb
Jalles Machado 39264 Brazil B Goias has 54 registered quilombolas and IFC's decision to bypass PS7 used language identical to conditions that triggered PS7 in Biosev (No. 34607) - also a sugar mill in Brazil
Omarsa II 39856 Ecuador B The indigenous peoples of Puna were annihilated in the 1500s - but Inca descendants and Puna descendants still inhabit the area and should be considered for potential PS7
Daehan Wind Power Company 35349 Jordan A PS7 should be considered in Tafilah - where rural herders still have strong clan and kinship ties linked to resources

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