Nominations for OneWorld's People of 2009 Awards close on Monday 23 November. The award honours those making a difference in people's lives anywhere on the planet.
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OneWorld US
Image: Waseem Mahmood, founder of the Yeh Hum Naheen Foundation: one of last year's nominees
21.11.2009
Sri Lankan war-displaced civilians, living in highly guarded camps in the northern Vauniya district, will be allowed to move freely from 1 December, according to a senior government official.
Image: Internally displaced people from an earlier stage of the conflict © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
20.11.2009
Detection dogs are helping track and count Javan rhino in Vietnam, in an attempt to save one of the world’s rarest mammals from extinction.
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WWF International
Image: Simon Mahood, member of the WWF rhino project in Vietnam, with dog 'Chevy', who is trained to detect dung of the rare Javan rhino in the forests of Vietnam.(© WWF Greater Mekong Programme)
19.11.2009
Guyana's groundbreaking forest conservation deal with Norway was to have been with Britain - but London showed little interest. President Jagdeo talks frankly about a project that is setting the pace for a forest agreement as part of the international climate negotiations.
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OneWorld UK
Image: President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana
21.11.2009
Avoiding failure in Afghanistan means embracing its patronage politics—bribes and all, argues Alex De Waal.
more...Image: A villager from Panjwai © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
19.11.2009
World leaders and negotiators will meet in Copenhagen in December to discuss the future of our planet. As the debate intensifies, the New Statesman’s panel of environmental experts have chosen their heroes and villains – politicians, activists, companies and institutions.
more...Image: Dr RK Pachauri
Bola Agbaje’s debut play won an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement and Most Promising Playwright nomination at the Evening Standard Awards. So her latest play, Detaining Justice, which opens at the Tricycle in London this week, is eagerly awaited.
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Image: Bola Agbaje