Harvard Endowment Fund

Na região conhecida como Matopiba, empresas de agronegócio compram terras com títulos duvidosos e entram em conflito com comunidades do cerrado; no Piauí, os relatos são de expulsões de famílias, incêndios de casas e contaminação dos rios

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A Procuradoria Geral do Estado (PGE) da Bahia afirma que está investigando se terras atribuídas a uma empresa vinculada a um fundo patrimonial (endowment) de Harvard estão em situação irregular.

Harvard's portfolio is still vast, including farms in Australia, South Africa and Brazil, as well as vineyards in California and timberland in Eastern Europe and throughout Central and South America, according to tax documents and other filings.

The Harvard Management Company, which handles Harvard University's $37 billion endowment, has recently been linked to an agribusiness that may have been involved in deforestation and fraudulent land titles.

The prosecutor’s office in the state of Bahia said it’s reviewing allegations that a company linked to Harvard’s endowment isn’t the rightful owner of land in the region, and it’s determining whether to sue to reclaim the titles.

Fraudes cartoriais, expulsão de trabalhadores rurais e desmatamento ilegal marcam a história da área de 140 mil hectares do Oeste na Bahia comprada por fundo da universidade americana.

Investigation uncovers how Harvard University's endowment is involved in a violent case of land grabbing, covering 140,000 ha in the Brazilian state of Bahia.

Harvard bet the farm in Brazil and lost. The university, which invested at least $150 million in a mega farm project in country's northeast, is now exiting, according to people familiar with the matter.

New Zealand's Overseas Investment Office is considering the sale of Harvard University's 5,500-head dairy farms in the South Island to a Singapore-based investor.

Private-equity giant KKR nears $70 million deal for some of the endowment’s farm holdings, including 8,500 acres of dairy farms on the South Island of New Zealand

The portfolio, once considered a crown jewel in the endowment, is vast with assets including timberland plantations in Central and South America, a dairy farm in New Zealand, and vineyards in California.