Day: August 14, 2018

Rohingya Refugee Settlements Weather Record Rains

Posted on Tuesday, 14 August, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

Amid one of the heaviest monsoon seasons in years in Cox’s Bazar area, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, together with the Bangladeshi authorities and partners, is pressing on with the relocation of thousands of Rohingya refugee families at high risk of landslides and floods. To date, nearly 24,000 of these

How Ethical Is The Elephant Sanctuary You Are Visiting?

Posted on Tuesday, 14 August, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

Many parks advertise themselves as sanctuaries, but they are not,” says Maria Mossman, founder of non-profit group Action for Elephants UK. “Never go to a park that advertises shows, unnatural behaviour, tricks or painting – and please, never ride an elephant.” Mossman, who has been involved in elephant activism since 2013,

Peaks, Paths And Peace In The Yorkshire Dales

Posted on Tuesday, 14 August, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

The Yorkshire Dales is an upland area of the Pennines in Northern England in the historic county of Yorkshire, most of it in the Yorkshire Dales National Park created in 1954. The Dales comprises river valleys and the hills, rising from the Vale of York westwards to the hilltops of the Pennine watershed. In Ribblesdale, Dentdale and Garsdale, the area extends westwards across the watershed, but most

Jakarta, A Fast-Sinking City

Posted on Tuesday, 14 August, 2018Tuesday, 14 August, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Located on the northwest coast of the world’s most populous island Java, it is the centre of economics, culture and politics of Indonesia, with a population of 10,075,310 as of 2014. The Greater Jakarta metropolitan area has