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Cambodia's women activists are redefining the housewife
2013-04-02 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Designer Diane von Fürstenberg will today present the Vital Voices leadership in public life award to Tep Vanny, a self-branded housewife who has become a guiding light in Cambodia's battle against forced evictions. Carried out in the name of progress, forced evictions now rank as one of the world's most serious human rights abuses. Amnesty International defines them as "when people are forced out of their homes and off their land against their will, with little notice or none at all, often with...
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China's Insatiable Demand For Timber Destroys Cambodia's Forests
2013-01-30 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Cambodia's forests are being destroyed at a dizzying pace, with much of the wood destined for China. Much of the logging is carried out illegally - and people who get in the way of the loggers face violence and in some cases death.
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As China Builds, Cambodia's Forests Fall
2013-01-29 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: China's demand for natural resources is being felt in a big way in Cambodia. Illegal logging and economic land concessions are threatening Cambodia's dwindling forests, which now echo the sound of chainsaws. Prey Lang forest -- an eight-hour journey north and east of the capital, Phnom Penh -- is one of the forests where illegal loggers see money signs on the trees. Supply And Demand "It's just like in the United States in the 1960s, when every single redwood tree was a target for illegal...
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