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It identifies significant risks associated with AI adoption, including the misuse of biometric digital IDs in Namibia and South Africa, the deployment of facial recognition for surveillance in Uganda and South Africa, and the exploitation of vulnerable populations through 'click work' in Kenyan refugee camps. The author analyses emerging national AI strategies in Egypt, Mauritius, and Rwanda, as well as the SMARTAfrica Blueprint, noting that while these frameworks address infrastructure and talent, they often overlook the labour rights of gig workers and the specific impact of automation on women. The brief evaluates the potential for policy transfer from the EU, specifically the AI Act and GDPR, warning that such frameworks may not account for African socio-economic rights or the technical constraints of local start-ups. 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The statement links social unrest to economic inequality, the failure to implement FARC-EP peace accords, and an extractive development model that prioritizes capital accumulation over nature and human rights. It calls for an end to human rights violations, the cessation of aerial glyphosate spraying, and the implementation of comprehensive agrarian reform.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000009#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Economic inequality in Colombia is stark, with 42.5% of the population (21 million people) living below the financial poverty line, while the financial system reported net profits of approximately 6.3 billion USD (24,250 billion Colombian pesos) from January to September 2020.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000009#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Colombian government is accused of failing to implement agreements with the former FARC-EP guerrilla, with approximately 270 signatories killed in the last two years.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000009#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Systemic violence against social leaders and communities has escalated; INDEPAZ reported 32 massacres in 2021 and 573 assassinated social and community leaders during the first two years of the current government.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000009#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document criticizes a development model that treats nature as a commodity, specifically citing the return of aerial glyphosate spraying, priority given to extractive activities for economic recovery, mining in water-essential páramos, and the approval of the first fracking projects.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000009#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Police violence during protests between April 28 and May 4, 2021, resulted in 1,443 recorded cases of violence, 31 deaths, 814 arbitrary arrests, 92 physical assaults (including 21 eye attacks), and 10 cases of sexual violence against women.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000009#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The signatory organizations demand comprehensive agrarian reform for food sovereignty, the demilitarization of territories, the dismantling of state-led paramilitarism, and the renegotiation of free trade agreements affecting indigenous, Afro-descendant, and peasant populations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000009#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["environmental justice","extractive industry","hydraulic fracturing","water security","land grabbing"],"geography_discussed":["United States","Brazil","Spain","Mexico","Philippines","Ecuador","Switzerland","Netherlands","Bosnia and Herzegovina","Honduras","El Salvador","Basque Country","West Africa","Latin America"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy critique","human rights assessment"]},{"id":"foei-000296","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/foei-000296","title":"Internationalist solidarity with the Peoples of Colombia","publisher":{"name":"Friends of the Earth International","organization":"friends-of-the-earth-international"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2021-05-14","source_url":"https://www.foei.org/internationalist-solidarity-with-the-peoples-of-colombia/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Friends of the Earth International condemns the Colombian government's violent response to the 2021 National Strike and calls for an end to human rights violations. The organization highlights a development model that prioritizes capital accumulation and extractive activities—such as fracking and mining in páramos—over the well-being of the population and nature. It demands a comprehensive agrarian reform, food sovereignty, and the cessation of aerial glyphosate spraying.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000296#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The 2021 National Strike in Colombia is driven by widespread discontent with a political and economic model that increases inequality and poverty. DANE reports that 42.5% of the population, or 21 million people, live below the financial poverty line, while the financial sector saw net profits of approximately US$ 6.3 billion from January to September 2020.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000296#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Colombian government's development model treats nature as a commodity for profit, prioritizing extractive activities and land dispossession. Specific concerns include the return of aerial glyphosate spraying, mining in highland páramos essential for fresh water, and the approval of the country's first fracking projects.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000296#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There has been a severe humanitarian crisis characterized by the systematic murder of social and community leaders. INDEPAZ reports 32 massacres in 2021 and 573 murders of community leaders during the first two years of the current administration; additionally, around 270 signatories of the FARC-EP agreement have been killed in recent years.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000296#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Security forces have committed extensive human rights violations against peaceful protesters between April 28 and May 4, 2021. Data from Temblores records 1,443 cases of police violence, 31 murders by police, 814 arbitrary arrests, and 10 instances of sexual violence by security forces.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000296#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["hydraulic fracturing","mining","water security","environmental justice"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["human rights assessment","political statement"]},{"id":"foei-000391","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/foei-000391","title":"Solidaridad internacionalista con los pueblos de Colombia","publisher":{"name":"Friends of the Earth International","organization":"friends-of-the-earth-international"},"document_type":"statement","language":"es","date_published":"2021-05-14","source_url":"https://www.foei.org/es/solidaridad-internacionalista-con-los-pueblos-de-colombia/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Friends of the Earth International and 81 other organizations condemn the Colombian government's violent response to the 2021 National Strike. The statement links the social unrest to a tax reform proposal, rising poverty, and a development model that prioritizes extractive industries and monetary accumulation over human rights and nature. It calls for an immediate end to military repression, the protection of the right to protest, and the implementation of comprehensive agrarian reform and food sovereignty.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000391#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The 2021 National Strike was triggered by a proposed tax reform that would undermine the livelihoods of the Colombian population and increase social and economic inequality.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000391#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Colombia faces severe economic disparity, with 42.5% of the population (21 million people) living below the monetary poverty line, while the financial system recorded profits of $24.25 trillion between January and September.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000391#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Colombian government is accused of failing to implement agreements with the FARC-EP, with approximately 270 signatories assassinated in recent years.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000391#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Systemic violence against social leaders is reported, with 573 leaders killed during the first two years of the current government and 32 massacres recorded in 2021 alone.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000391#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document criticizes a development model that treats nature as a commodity, citing the return of glyphosate aerial spraying, the prioritization of extractive activities for economic reactivation, mining in páramos, and the opening of the country to fracking.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000391#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Police violence during protests between April 28 and May 4, 2021, resulted in 1,443 cases of police violence, 31 killings, 814 arbitrary detentions, and 10 cases of sexual violence against women.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000391#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The signatory organizations demand a comprehensive agrarian reform to build food sovereignty, the demilitarization of territories, and the renegotiation of free trade agreements that harm peasant, indigenous, and Afro-descendant populations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000391#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["extractive industry","hydraulic fracturing","environmental justice"],"geography_discussed":["United States","Brazil","Spain","Mexico","Honduras","Philippines","Ecuador","Costa Rica","Haiti","El Salvador","Bosnia and Herzegovina","Switzerland","Netherlands","Basque Country"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","human rights assessment"]},{"id":"saiia-001785","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/saiia-001785","title":"The City Surveillance State: Inside Johannesburg’s Safe City Initiative","publisher":{"name":"South African Institute of International Affairs","organization":"south-african-institute-of-international-affairs"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2021-03","source_url":"https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Policy-Briefing-231-kwet-FINAL.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document examines Johannesburg's transition toward a 'safe city' through the Integrated Intelligence Operations Centre (IIOC), which pools CCTV networks and AI analytics. It argues that these systems, often developed via public-private partnerships with firms like IBM and Huawei, lack transparency and threaten civil liberties. The author contends that surveillance does not address the root causes of crime—poverty and inequality—and recommends banning 'nerve centres' and video analytics in public spaces in favor of community-led, low-tech safety solutions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001785#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Johannesburg's Safe City project is centered on the Integrated Intelligence Operations Centre (IIOC), a 'surveillance nerve centre' that integrates municipal data and utilizes 512 cameras across several networks. The IIOC currently employs basic video analytics, is piloting facial recognition in strategic locations, and uses Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001785#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The development of Johannesburg's surveillance infrastructure occurred in three phases: starting in 2003 with 16 cameras installed by Business Against Crime, expanding around 2008 to a 216-camera network under the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department, and culminating in the 2015 approval of the IIOC blueprint at a cost of ZAR 71 million.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001785#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Due to state budget constraints, the City of Johannesburg relies on public-private partnerships for surveillance technology. This includes a past partnership with IBM for a 'five-year public safety strategy' and the use of technology from Chinese and Western corporations, such as Hikvision, Huawei, and Genetec.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001785#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document highlights a lack of transparency regarding surveillance projects. Some city departments and private actors, including Huawei and the CSIR, failed to respond to inquiries, and the outcomes of the IBM project remain 'shrouded in mystery'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001785#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The author argues that mass surveillance undermines the right to privacy and freedom of expression. While the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) exists, it is being interpreted to allow mass CCTV surveillance in public spaces under the premise that there is 'no reasonable expectation of privacy in public places'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001785#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"City officials have envisioned using facial recognition to police undocumented persons and video analytics to monitor service delivery protests, yet they admitted to having no studies proving that video surveillance actually curbs crime.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001785#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The briefing recommends a total ban on 'nerve centres' and video analytics in public spaces, suggesting instead that safety be improved through low-tech solutions like street lighting and by addressing structural issues such as poverty, inequality, and unemployment.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001785#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["smart city","public–private partnership"],"geography_discussed":["Cape Town","United States","New York City","Brazil","People's Republic of China","United Kingdom"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","human rights assessment"]},{"id":"iejza-000242","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iejza-000242","title":"SOCIAL PROTECTION DURING COVID-19: THE RIGHTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND AN ADEQUATE STANDARD OF LIVING","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Economic Justice","organization":"institute-for-economic-justice"},"document_type":"fact sheet","language":"en","date_published":"2021","source_url":"https://iej.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IEJfactsheet-3-Social-Protection-during-COVID.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document argues that South Africa's social protection systems are inadequate to ensure a dignified standard of living, a crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights the gap between the recommendations of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNCESCR) and the government's actual responses, noting that budget cuts and 'fiscal consolidation' threaten the realization of rights to food, housing, and social security.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000242#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The existing social grant system in South Africa fails to provide an adequate standard of living because benefit levels are too low, there is no composite cost-of-living index for benchmarking, and adults aged 18-59 who are capable of working lack coverage.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000242#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"COVID-19 significantly increased poverty and mental health burdens in South Africa, with 1.4 million jobs lost in 2020 and a doubling of positive screenings for depressive symptoms from 12% in 2017 to 24% in June 2020.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000242#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Food insecurity rose dramatically during the pandemic; in the May/June period, up to 47% of households reported having no money for food, and those experiencing daily hunger showed the highest rates of depressive symptoms at 44%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000242#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Housing rights were violated during the pandemic through illegal evictions and demolitions despite a government moratorium, including a June 2020 demolition in an informal settlement in Hout Bay, Cape Town.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000242#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The government's COVID-19 social responses were limited and delayed, including a Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant of R350 per month that was below the food poverty line and suffered from extensive payment delays.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000242#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recommended that South Africa introduce a universal basic income grant, raise the child support grant to at least the food poverty line, and expand Unemployment Insurance Fund benefits to all workers.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000242#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"National Treasury officials attributed the erosion of the real value of social grants to 'fiscal consolidation' and the need to stabilize the debt situation, while Minister Mboweni stated there is 'no social contract' to guarantee annual grant increases.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000242#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["social protection","food security","poverty reduction","climate justice"],"geography_discussed":["Cape Town","Hout Bay","Eastern Cape"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["human rights assessment","policy analysis"]},{"id":"iejza-000407","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iejza-000407","title":"THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC DEBT ON HUMAN RIGHTS DURING COVID-19","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Economic Justice","organization":"institute-for-economic-justice"},"document_type":"fact sheet","language":"en","date_published":"2021","source_url":"https://iej.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IEJfactsheet-4-Debt-sustainability-2.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document argues that the South African government's pursuit of fiscal sustainability through austerity—including cuts to health, education, and social grants—violates international human rights obligations. 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This violence has been intensified by the right-wing government of Ivan Duque's control and repression measures during the Covid-19 pandemic, specifically targeting youth, women, grassroots organisations, peasants, indigenous peoples, and Afro-descendant communities.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000222#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Violence is concentrated in territories with weak state presence, often characterized by illegal extractive activities, illicit crop cultivation, and control by paramilitary armed groups. In 2020, more than 24 individuals aged 15 to 26 were murdered across urban and rural areas, and the National Police and military have been accused of physical and sexual violence against women and girls.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000222#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Colombian government has failed to respond effectively to warnings about the assassination of 95 grassroots leaders and over 100 demobilised FARC-EP members. Furthermore, the Duque administration has shown little willingness to adhere to the 2016 peace agreements signed with the FARC-EP insurgency.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000222#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Following the death of a citizen in Bogotá due to excessive police force, mobilisations on 9 September resulted in 13 additional deaths. 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The study identifies 609 Indigenous community radio stations globally, with Canada and Australia accounting for 42% of the total. Key findings highlight the role of these stations in language revitalization, land defense, and the transfer of traditional knowledge, while also noting significant threats including government repression, criminalization of unlicensed broadcasters, and financial instability.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000177#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Across the 19 countries studied, a total of 609 Indigenous community radio stations were identified. Canada and Australia represent the largest share, accounting for 42% (257 stations) of the total.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000177#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Legal recognition of Indigenous community radio is limited; out of fifteen countries that recognize community radio in their regulatory frameworks, only four specifically recognize Indigenous community radio.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000177#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In many countries, Indigenous community radio stations operate without licenses ('a-legal') because the legal processes for obtaining them are overly complex, expensive, or perceived as a means of government control and censorship.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000177#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Indigenous community radio serves as a critical tool for the 'rescue', 'recovery', and normalization of Indigenous languages and the reinforcement of cultural identity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000177#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"These radio stations play a pivotal role in the defense of Indigenous territories, specifically by facilitating the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) process and resisting extractive industries such as mining and large-scale tourism.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000177#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Indigenous community radio acts as an intergenerational communication tool, allowing elders to transfer traditional knowledge regarding spirituality, plants, animals, and governance to younger generations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000177#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In several regions, Indigenous community radio is described as 'the phone of the poor', providing essential communication and information sharing in geographically isolated areas with limited access to other media.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000177#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Indigenous journalists and broadcasters frequently face violence, intimidation, and criminalization, particularly when reporting on environmental protection, land rights, and local politics.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000177#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Public or government-run radio stations in countries like India, Mexico, Kenya, and the Philippines provide programming in Indigenous languages, but these are not considered community radios because control remains with the state.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000177#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Financial sustainability is a major challenge; many stations depend on limited international aid, local sponsorships, or donations, and some are prohibited by law from receiving commercial advertising revenue.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wacc-000177#insight-10","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["indigenous rights","land tenure","extractive industry","environmental protection","climate change","sustainable development","traditional knowledge"],"geography_discussed":["Kenya","Ghana","Namibia","South Africa","El Salvador","Guatemala","Honduras","Mexico","Nicaragua","Bolivia","Colombia","Ecuador","Peru","Canada","India","Nepal","Philippines","Thailand","Australia"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["legal analysis","comparative study","human rights assessment"]},{"id":"iejza-000322","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iejza-000322","title":"Imali Yesizwe","publisher":{"name":"Institute for Economic Justice","organization":"institute-for-economic-justice"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2020-10-21","source_url":"https://iej.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BJC-Imali_Yesizwe-22oct-1.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Budget Justice Coalition (BJC) argues that South Africa's National Treasury has implemented a regressive austerity budget since 2012, prioritising debt reduction over essential social spending. This approach has led to systemic underinvestment in health, education, and social security, which the BJC claims was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The report, 'Imali Yesizwe', advocates for a transition to a human rights-based budget that focuses on progressive tax reform, the introduction of a Universal Basic Income Grant (UBIG), and increased investment in the care economy and clean energy. It specifically criticises the use of Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB) as a tool for cuts and calls for greater fiscal transparency and public participation in the budgeting process to ensure the progressive realisation of constitutional rights.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000322#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The Budget Justice Coalition (BJC) asserts that South Africa has been implementing austerity budgeting since 2012, which prioritises debt reduction through spending cuts and tax increases at the expense of socio-economic rights.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000322#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The BJC argues that the National Treasury's claim that fiscal policy has been expansionary is misleading because it includes non-discretionary debt service costs; when excluding these, non-interest expenditure failed to keep pace with CPI inflation and population growth in four of the last five financial 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TRANSBOUNDARY COMMISSION RESULTING FROM HARD-ROCK MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA","publisher":{"name":"Earthjustice","organization":"earthjustice"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2020-07-14","source_url":"https://earthjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/seitc-bc-mines-petition_2020-07-14.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC), representing fifteen tribal nations, petitions the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for relief against Canada. The petition argues that six hard-rock mines in British Columbia—including the Red Chris, Brucejack, and KSM mines—threaten the Taku, Stikine, and Unuk river watersheds. These mines risk releasing toxic heavy metals and experiencing catastrophic tailings-dam failures, which would devastate salmon and eulachon populations essential to the Petitioners' subsistence, health, and cultural identity. The document asserts that Canada has failed its international obligations to prevent transboundary harm and has not obtained the free, prior, and informed consent of the affected Indigenous communities. 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