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Harvard and TIAA’s farmland grab in Brazil goes up in smoke
Harvard and TIAA’s farmland grab in Brazil goes up in smoke

TIAA, Harvard and the other institutions buying up farmland in Brazil and elsewhere around the world must stop pretending that their practices are sustainable.

Is land speculation helping destroy Brazil’s “birthplace of waters”?
Is land speculation helping destroy Brazil’s “birthplace of waters”?

The Cerrado’s native vegetation once covered nearly 800,000 square miles — an area bigger than Great Britain, France, and Germany combined. Today, less than half of it remains.