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
Vix Logistica 33782 Brazil B Trucking through the Amazon has profound indigenous effects that are not considered
WaveCatcher 38474 Mexico B Construction of a nationwide broadband network will almost certainly impact on indigenous lands. PS7 should be evaluated. Only 1 and 2 are considered - and 1 makes no mention of IPs
Wow Nutrition 37070 Brazil B IFC and the client restrict PS7 evaluation to the project's "operational footprint" but IPs supply acai. IFC concludes baselessly that they are thus positively impacted and bypasses PS7
Yaramoko 36754 Burkina Faso A Burkina has indigenous peoples - but IFC project summaries make no mention of indigenous peoples at all
Zalagh 32390 Morocco B Berber herding lands cross the corridor between Casablanca and Fez. The project summary makes no mention of indigenous peoples
Acciona Benban II 39995 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
Al Subh Solar Power 39729 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
APM TEC II 31939 Mexico B MichoacAn has substantial indigenous populations. The Port is in the city but impacts could be broader (as exhibited by the extended militarization of the port area)
Aurora Gold 34228 Guyana A There are indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples in Guyana. It is not clear why potential impacts on them would be bypassed
Azito Phase III 26619 Cote D'Ivoire B In 2007 and 2012 violence broke out - displaced villagers sought promised land-for-land compensation. Their indigeneity was not assessed

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