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The Social, Economic and Cultural Impact of EACOP on Indigenous Peoples in Tanzania

BY EDWARD POROKWA FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), a 1,445-kilometre cross-border project, is designed to transport crude oil from Uganda's Lake Albert basin to the coast of Tanzania for international export. With a construction budget of US$3.5 billion and a planned capacity of 216,000 barrels per day, this project threatens the livelihoods of Indigenous communities, including the Maasai, Hadzabe, Akie, Barbaig, Sukuma, and Nyamwezi, across eight Tanzanian regions.

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The similarities between the Transition Minerals and Fossil Fuel Economies and their Impacts on Indigenous Peoples: the Case of Lithium

BY EDSON KRENAK FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The destruction of territories rich in biodiversity and cultural heritage is a concerning consequence of the global demand for minerals such as nickel, cobalt and lithium. These territories are being sacrificed in the name of economic growth and the so-called energy transition, as governments and corporations prioritise short-term gains. To challenge this contradiction and fight for their rights, Indigenous Peoples' proposals are not merely technical fixes but holistic responses rooted in their traditional knowledge, territorial sovereignty, and cultural survival.

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Defending Customary Territory: A Collective Conservation Initiative of the Daai Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous Peoples’ rights to land, territories and resources is not legally recognized in Myanmar (Christian Erni, et al., 2019).[1] Rather, the customary lands of Indigenous Peoples are at the disposal of the government (VFV Land Law 2012, and 2018), allowing the state to use and demarcate the land as they wish, turning it into conservation areas and granting right-to-use concessions to companies for resource extraction and monocrop agriculture, for example. This situation often triggers conflict between the state and Indigenous communities, which has been the case with the Daai Indigenous Peoples’ territory.

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Science and Indigenous Governance in the Face of Hydrocarbon Impacts:The Struggle to Remediate Lot 192

BY MARIO ZÚÑIGA LOSSIO FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

In parts of Peru long subjected to oil exploitation, extractive activities have inflicted such profound socio-ecological damage on Indigenous territories that it has become an unpayable debt, affecting not only the present but also future generations. A close examination of the benefits promoted by the energy sector shows that they bear little relation to the real impacts experienced by Indigenous Peoples. The legacy of this damage—and the complexities involved in addressing it—cannot be ignored when considering transitions from the oil-extractive model towards new energy systems grounded in justice and historical memory.

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