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World Service,19 Jan 2012,10 mins

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Owen Bennett Jonees introduces personal stories, wit and insight from correspondents around the world. In this edition, Nick Haslam explores Ecuador's Amazonian regions, and a bold new plan to raise funds to keep them unspoilt by oil exploitation; while Timothy Allen in Meghalaya, where matriliny holds sway, meets some of India's most marginalised menfolk.

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