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World Service,15 Mar 2002,28 mins

Protecting The Wilderness

Everywoman

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Conservationist Kanchana Weerakoon describes her almost single-handed attempt to protect the Sri Lankan wilderness from the two million pilgrims who visit Adam's Peak Mountain each year. Also on the programme: How young girls in Iran are trying to get their voices heard. Plus two women who clean up crime scenes in South Africa explain how they make a living out of murder.

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