relocation

Forced evictions or free choice? Cambodia’s relocation of people from UNESCO site raises concerns

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RUN TA EK, Cambodia — It’s been more than a year since Yem Srey Pin moved with her family from the village where she was born on Cambodia’s Angkor UNESCO World Heritage site to Run Ta Ek, a dusty new settlement about 25 kilometers (15 miles) away. A tattered Cambodian flag flaps gently in the … Read more

Kenya embarks on its biggest rhino relocation project. A previous attempt was a disaster

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya has embarked on its biggest rhino relocation project and began the difficult work Tuesday of tracking, darting and moving 21 of the critically endangered beasts, which can each weigh over a ton, to a new home. A previous attempt at moving rhinos in the East African nation was a disaster in … Read more