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
Lacteos Toni II 36550 Ecuador B The " area of influence" was "absent" of IPs "as defined by" WBG but PS7 would require the client to know if communities self-identify as indigenous which was never evaluated
Vicentin Pre Exp 36265 Argentina B Corrupt owners bankrupted the firm in 2020. The National Indigenous Peasant Movement called for restoration of indigenous land uses which IFC had never evaluated https://bit.ly/2QI27gx
Karot Hydro 36008 Pakistan A IFC called 16 resettled villages "homogeneous" but they are home to 7 ethnic groups (including the nomadic Gujjar) and 4 languages along the culturally significant Jhulum River
REDSTONE 34050 South Africa B The Khoekhoe consist of the Nama who reside mainly in the Province of the North Cape and PS7 review could have determined if they were present
Indorama 42352 Uzbekistan A Indigenous and ethnic minority populations in Uzbekistan are not evaluated - even though the cotton industry has impacted a broad swathe of the population
Omarsa Ecuador 36819 Ecuador B The indigenous peoples of Puna were annihilated in the 1500s - but Inca descendants and Puna descendants still inhabit the area
KTDA Small Hydro 36402 Kenya B These projects are in 5 provinces - and evaluation of IPs would be appropriate
Citla Energy 37179 Mexico A Investments ended up being offshore but were planned to be onshore - which should have triggered consideration of indigenous peoples in Mexico
MGES Power 37045 Iraq B In 2017 Kurds launched rockets at this power plant. In 2018 they blocked roads. Power bypasses Kurdish communities but IFC did not apply PS7 to safeguard them https://bit.ly/3xGFsSd
Belagricola 34883 Brazil B Largescale agriculture across Parana could affect IP and Quilombolo lands. There are seven traditional communities (povos faixinais) in Imbituva https://bit.ly/3nJOlpA

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