More than 1,000 species have been moved due to human impact

Animals and plants are increasingly being 'translocated' from their native areas to survive effects of climate change, poaching and habitat loss, says top conservationist

More than 1,000 species have had to be relocated because of climate change, poaching and humans taking their habitat, according to a top conservationist.

Dr Axel Moehrenschlager said cases of "translocation", such as India's plan to relocate tigers to Cambodia or South Africa's scheme to airlift rhinos to Australia, have increased exponentially in recent decades and will become more common due to human pressures driving species closer to extinction.