A/HRC/33/42/Add.2 55. The indigenous peoples of the Atlantic seaboard and La Mosquitia have been affected by agro-industrial projects, principally the cultivation of the African oil palm, which have been promoted by powerful economic sectors. It is reported that the Garífuna community of Nueva Armenia in Atlántida has been subjected to threats and assaults and its houses and crops destroyed by private individuals who wish to plant oil palms on lands claimed by the community. There have also been reports of conflicts relating to tourism projects in lands to which the Garífuna communities hold title or that they claim as ancestral lands, such as the Barra Vieja community in Atlántida, which has been affected by the Indura Beach Resort tourist complex and the Río Negro community, which has been affected by the construction of cruise ports on the Banana Coast in Trujillo Bay. 56. Another major concern is the proposed construction of model cities under the Organic Act on Employment and Economic Development Areas, 14 which would involve building infrastructure for areas having their own legal and economic system and their own security forces. The model cities would affect 24 Garífuna communities between the Sico river and Trujillo Bay and would involve forced displacement. The Special Rapporteur was informed of plans to relocate 3,500 members of the Garífuna community of Puerto Castilla to facilitate the construction and enlargement of infrastructure for a model city in Trujillo. Members of the community stated that they had not been consulted about the project and that they were opposed to their relocation, having been through two resettlement processes in the preceding decades. E. Protected areas 57. There are also concerns about the creation of protected areas that overlap with indigenous territories and the resulting restriction of access to their lands and natural resources. In the case of the Garífuna people, 26 out of 47 communities are located within or on the borders of protected areas. The creation of the Punta Izopo and Cuero y Salado national parks, among others, without prior consultation with the affected Garífuna communities, has placed serious restrictions on their fishing, hunting and gathering activities in these areas and, in some cases, has led to their eviction. 58. Representatives of the indigenous peoples stated that the joint management plans of the protected areas promoted by the Government did not recognize or protect the territorial rights of the indigenous peoples affected or their own ways of using and managing their natural resources. They report that, because they have no rights over the forests and other resources in the areas designated as protected within their territories, indigenous people have to pay the municipal and forestry authorities for permission to take wood to build their houses and engage in other traditional activities. In La Mosquitia and other regions, they complain that the police confiscate wood obtained by indigenous families and, in some cases, demand bribes. It is reported that members of Miskito communities have been imprisoned by the police after their wood has been confiscated or because they hunt animals for food. 59. Representatives of the indigenous peoples report that the establishment of protected areas has not prevented illegal logging, mining or drug trafficking on indigenous lands. That, they say, is the situation in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, where the ancestral lands of the Miskito are affected by logging and drug trafficking. The Tawahka people are in the same situation, following the creation of the Tawahka Asangni Biosphere Reserve. 14 GE.16-12632 Decree No. 120-2013. 13