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UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES
21st
Century
Programme : EPISODE # 114 : SCRIPT FOR SHOWS WITHOUT ANCHOR/PRESENTER SHOW OPEN, GRAPHIC AND MUSIC (13”)
Announcements Coming up on 21st Century (2”) Saving the Indian tiger – one photo at a time. And the two sheep solution in Morocco. (9”)
VIDEO INTRO/TEASE #1 INDIA’S TIGERS : A THREATENED SPECIES:
NARRATION
In India : wild tigers under threat of extinction.
JOHN ISAAC (In English)
“… In my lifetime if the tigers are extinct I don’t know how I will handle it. Once we
see the animals running through the forest, it’s time to start up the engine UP and
follow
NARRATION
One man’s quest to save the Indian tiger, one photo at a time. (20 »)
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TITLE SLATE
INDIA’S TIGERS: A THREATENED SPECIES
SCRIPT #1 INDIA’S TIGERS: A THREATENED SPECIES (TRT 19’04”)
VIDEO
AUDIO
LANDSCAPE
MONKEYS
TEXT
RANTHAMBORE NATIONAL PARK INDIA ANIMALS/TIGER
JOHN ON-CAM
(MUSIC)
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
““I am John Isaac and I am a
photographer.” (4”)
JEEP VOICE UNDER
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“I came back to India and started to
document the tigers about 25 years
ago.” (5”)
JEEP ROAMING AROUND JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“I feel that I have an obligation and I
had to come back and document the
plight of the tigers so that people could
see my pictures and everybody has to
help with their survival.” (14”)
TAKING PHOTOS JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“In India in the 1990s there were
almost 3,000 tigers and now we hardly
have about 1,400 tigers. I still
remember the first time I saw a tiger, it
was a male cub right by the lake I was
so excited.” (22”)
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JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“I probably come almost every year,
every other year. In the last 10 years I
think my interest has grown tenfold.”
(9”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“The dominant female tiger in this area
is called Krishna and she rules this lake
area.” (7”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“Krishna has three cubs and out of that
two are females and now that they’re
about two years old they’ll have conflict
and they will be fighting. And finally one
of them will have to leave, or maybe
both of them will have to leave,
because every female including
Krishna they need nine square
kilometers. They won’t let another
female come and live in the same
area.” (26”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“And that’s what happened to the
grandmother of these three cubs,
Machali which is the older tiger, and
her daughter actually literally threw her
out of this territory. Now it will be the
same thing and that’s the way they
work in the society.” (18”)
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
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JOHN ON-CAM
“Since this is their territory, and since
the lake is here and the water is here
they always like to come here and cool
off. So this area is a very important
area for all the four tigers.” (15”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“This area the fort this used to be the
hunting ground of the Maharajahs.
This is where they used to come and
hunt.”
RUNTHANMORE GVS
“When you see a picture of a tiger
walking by here and then you see a fort
in the back you know right away its in
Ranthambore.” (14”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“There are two hills around here one is
called Ran and the other is called Tham
and that’s how it’s called Ranthambore and
it means battleground.” (8.5”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“And also this is where the tigers battle
for their position especially the females
who want to take care of their own
territory this is where they fight so
Ranthambore is pretty symbolic as a
battleground.” (14”)
NATURE SHOTS JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“There’s no guarantee that each time I
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come here I will see a tiger but still the
sense of being in a forest and being
around, even sometimes seeing a pug
mark is exciting.” (14”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“A pug mark is actually a foot print of
the tiger that you see and a lot of these
naturalists can look at it and they can
tell you when the tiger passed.” (10”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“For me to get really good photos of
these amazing animals, I need to be in
place before they start moving again.”
(7”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“Once we see the animals running
through the forest, it’s time to start the
engine up and follow.“ (6”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“That’s their meal, the other animals.
They like the sambar deer, and the
chital - the spotted deer.” (7”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“Actually today since morning I didn’t
see any tigers at all. “ (4”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“I think yesterday they killed a Sambar
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deer which is pretty big and I think this
will probably last another four days for
them to go without starving and then
they will have to look for something
else.” (12”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“The tigers control the deer population
and the sambar population so this is
something that is very important for a
healthy forest and that’s one of the
reasons why we also have to protect
the tigers.” (15”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“One of the rangers was telling me that
they will mark this nine square
kilometers and they also will not leave
the territory – it’s an imaginary line
between two trees one end to the other
they also won’t step out they will stay
within their territory.” (18”)
NATSOT – TRACTOR
PEOPLE
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“...the conflict between the villagers
and the tigers has always been there.
And the government tries to
compensate if the tiger kills a goat, or a
cow, they pay a certain amount to the
villagers. And this has been a conflict
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all throughout because the tigers find
that they do not have enough space
here.” (21”)
SAHU ON-CAM
Y.K. SAHU: (In English)
“I am Y.K. Sahu. I am the field director
of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve.” (5”)
SAHU ON-CAM
Y.K. SAHU: (In English)
“As soon as you step out of that forest
area there is a high human population
density. /So there is a lot of conflict
happening between wild animals and
people.”
SAHU ON-CAM
“One type of conflict that is most
common is crop damage. So because
of this the villagers sometimes they are
very angry at wild animals.” (21”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“There used to be the corridors and it’s
all been occupied by human
population.” (5”)
NATSOT – PEOPLE, VILLAGE
SUNNY WITH VILLAGERS
SUNNY ON-CAM
SUNNY: (In English)
“My name is Sunny and I am a
landscape Coordinator for the western
India Tiger landscape programme of
WWF India.” (7”)
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SUNNY ON-CAM
“These villages are on the periphery of
Ranthambore National Park and the
landscape connecting Ranthambore
National Park to Keoladeo Wildlife
Sanctuary which is a very key corridor
area. So we are trying to work with the
communities living around and trying to
reduce their forest dependency so that
we can conserve this corridor patch for
the smooth and easy movement of
tigers.” (26”)
JAMUNA ON-CAM
JAMUNA DEVI: (In Hindi)
“We are very close to the jungle road,
tigers, blue bull, sometimes boar and
many other animals come and trouble
us. What should we do? We have to
do our farming. Our cattle are tied
down all night. We have to guard them,
feed them.” (37”)
JAMUNA ON-CAM
JAMUNA DEVI: (In Hindi)
“My name is Jamuna Devi.” (3”)
SUNNY ON-CAM
SUNNY: (In English)
“We are trying to provide them with an
alternative livelihood, providing high
value crops, smokeless stoves to
reduce the fuel wood consumption, and
providing fodder species within their
agricultural field so they will have green
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fodder throughout the year so instead
of going to the forest they will use their
own resources.” (20”)
JAMUNA ON-CAM
JAMUNA DEVI: (In Hindi)
“Last year we grew onions. This year
we have grown more.” (6”)
JAMUNA ON-CAM
“Earlier we used to cut the branches of
trees, dry them and use them for
burning. Some ranger from the jungle
supplied the gas cylinder. We pay 10-
12 US dollars for a refill every month.
No one bothers to go to the jungle or
use wood anymore, the gas cylinders
are now supplied in every home.” (37”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“People don’t realize how much the
tigers are income generating for the
poor community here. Look at
financially how much of tourism is
happening here in Ranthambore. This
sort of helps the local economy totally
and that’s another big reason why we
have to protect the tigers.” (19”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“They don’t have a voice and we have
to be their voice and that’s one of the
reasons I’ve been so involved in it and I
take these hours long trips from New
York to India and Ranthambore to see
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the tigers and photograph and
document.” (17”)
NATSOT – CAMERA CLICKING
AWAY
NATSOT DRIVING AROUND
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“The last two or three years they say
there has been a drought in Rajasthan.
The rains have not been regular.” (7”)
SUNNY ON-CAM
SUNNY: (In English)
“Climate change is a serious problem
in this country, even the continent, so
keeping this forest area alive and
protected is the only solution.” (11”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“Then the poachers are there. Probably
a farmer will kill a tiger here not even
for 20 dollars. By the time they kill a
tiger and take it through Tibet into
China, it’s almost a half a million
dollars.” (21”)
SAHU ON-CAM
Y.K. SAHU: (In English)
“Poaching here is demand driven. If
there is no demand there will be no
poaching. So right now the demand
market is low so there is no demand so
there is no poaching.” (16”)
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SAHU ON-CAM
“In every place you will find some
communities who traditionally they
were hunters. We are keeping an eye
on them.” (6”)
YUVRAJ ON-CAM
YUVRAJ: (In Hindi)
“My name is Yuvraj and I belong to the
Mogia community.” (3”)
YUVRAJ ON-CAM
“Earlier we used to poach in the
village. We don’t have any land or
property. Our ancestors used to poach,
kill the live animals and eat them.” (13”)
YUVRAJ ON-CAM
“We used to kill all animals for food.”
(2”)
YUVRAJ ON-CAM
“I used to have a gun which was given
to me by my father. I used to hunt with
that.” (6””)
YUVRAJ ON-CAM
“Since I got a job with the forest
department and was able to take care
of my children, I stopped this practice.”
(15”)
SAHU ON-CAM
Y.K. SAHU: (In English)
“We are targeting the younger
generation. And I believe that once
educated they will be able to get some
new vocation in life, a new profession.”
(10”)
NATSOT JEEP – JOHN TAKING
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PHOTO TAKING PHOTOS
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“Oh Wow! Today was just fantastic.
Especially yesterday for all that we
missed. The whole day we waited and
waited and today to see all of them
together. For a moment my heart
stopped. The mother Krishna and the
three cubs. This is the first time I think
I saw all four together.”
JOHN ON-CAM
“Especially when they were walking
down with Rajbah in the background it
was just an amazing sight.” (26”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“And every time I hear something like
this I feel so good and in some ways
some things are working and this is
what drives me to come and do this.”
(14.5”)
SAHU ON-CAM
Y. K. SAHU: (In English)
“Earlier the population estimation was
based on Indirect evidence, like
footprints, pugmarks. Now later on, we
started doing it by deploying camera
traps.” (12”)
DEMONSTRATION CAMERA TRAPS
NATSOT – CAMERA TRAPS – HOW
IT WORKS
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SAHU ON-CAM
Y. K. SAHU: (In English)
“Now with the digital revolution and
information technology we are also
trying to innovate.” (8”)
DEMONSTRATING APP. NATSOT – APP - HOW IT WORKS
SAHU ON-CAM
Y. K. SAHU: (In English)
“When the person goes out in the field
every morning he will be using the GPS
and whatever he sees, he will just be
clicking the screen, and the whole data
will be saved in the instrument. And
whenever he is there in some network,
the data will be uploaded and sent to
the central control room.” (16”)
SAHU ON-CAM
Y. K. SAHU: (In English)
“Tiger conservation is not only about
saving the tiger. The tiger is a flagship
species so when you are able to save
the whole ecosystem and the ecology
of a place intact, then only the tiger will
be saved. So it means If the tiger is
lost, then we have lost our ecological
balance.” (23”)
JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“To me even my own existence in
some ways will be affected. In my
lifetime if the tigers are extinct I don’t
know how I will handle it.” (12”)
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JOHN ON-CAM
JOHN ISAAC: (In English)
“…someone said even if evolution
takes place all over again the chances
of a tiger coming into existence is not
definite or not certain. So that’s what
we have to think about when we lose a
species it’s forever.” (21”)
TEST ON SCREEN TIGER COUNT IN INDIA BEGINNING OF 19TH CENTURY: 40,000 1950: 30,000 1990: 4,000 2006: 1,400 2011: 1,700 (10”) ACCORDING TO THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND, WWF, 100 YEARS LATER, THERE ARE NOW 3,900 TIGERS IN THE WORLD TODAY. (8”) INDIA WAS THE TWENTY-FIFTH NATION TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA – CITES. (6”) THIS ASIAN NATION IS DETERMINED TO PRESERVE ITS TIGER SPECIES IN LINE WITH THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL, WHICH AIMS TO PROTECT BIODIVERSITY AND ALL ECOSYSTEMS, INCLUDING FORESTS, A NATURAL HABITAT FOR TIGERS. (11”) IN ALL HIS PHOTOGRAPHY SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS JOHN TALKS ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF THE TIGERS AND SHARES HIS PHOTOGRAPHS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE SITUATION. CURRENTLY HE IS WORKING ON A PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK BOUT THE TIGERS. (13”)
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VIDEO INTRO STORY 2: - MOROCCO – TWO SHEEP
NARRATION
From Morocco, a story of women’s new independence – and it began with
sheep
FATIMA AIT LHOUSSINE: (In Arabic) F
“We bought 54 sheep and each woman took two.”
NARRATION
In the remote Atlas mountains, women break with tradition
FATIMA AIT LHOUSSINE:
“We don’t have to ask or beg our husbands anymore for money to be able to buy
what we need. Now we are independent.” (15”)
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TITLE SLATE
MOROCCO : TWO SHEEP
(TRT 4’12”)
VIDEO AUDIO
COUNTRYSIDE
WOMEN AT BREAKFAST
SHEEP
FATIMA ON CAMERA
FATIMA AIT LHOUSSINE: (In Arabic) F
I get up at 6.30 or 7.00 every morning.
I prepare the bread, the food for the children, tidy
the house, wash the dishes …(15”)
NARRATION
In a remote part of the Morocco’s Atlas
Mountains, Fatima Ait Lhoussine, as she has
always done, attends to her morning chores. (8”)
Not long ago, this, and helping the men in the
fields would have been ALL she and the other
women of the village could do. (6”)
But a change has taken place ….. and it all
started with sheep. (3”)
FATIMA AIT LHOUSSINE: (In Arabic) F
We bought 54 sheep and each woman took two.
(4”)
NARRATION
Rearing sheep, like most other income-
generating activities in this area, is traditionally a
job for the men. (6”)
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MEN FARMING
SHEEP FOOTAGE
BABY LAMB
WOMEN MAKING RUGS
BEEHIVES
FATIMA ON CAMERA
But thanks to a microfinance system set up by
the Morrocan government and the UN’s
International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD), women were suddenly able to borrow
money to buy their own animals - and to start
generating their own income. (16”)
Since the venture started in 2008, both flocks
and funds have surged. (5”)
FATIMA AIT LHOUSSINE: (In Arabic) F
We have been able to sell 500 of them, without
counting the ones we’ve kept for ourselves. (5”)
NARRATION
As well as the sale of their animals at the market,
there have been other spin-offs. The traditional
Berber skill of carpet-making has been revived –
using wool from the women’s own sheep. The
carpets are sold as far away as Marrakesh. (16”)
With the funds from the sheep, they were able to
expand into other new ventures - they bought
beehives and olive trees. (6”)
FATIMA AIT LHOUSSINE: (In Arabic) F
We’re now starting to produce olive oil from
which we will make home-made soap (5”)
NARRATION
Another of the 26 cooperative members, Najia Al
Kharouate, who received training in bee-keeping,
says that working together is the key to their
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TENDING TO BEES
FATIMA ON CAMERA
success. (8)
NAJIA AL KHAROUATE: (In Arabic) F
“We pool our efforts together and trust we can
make it a successful enterprise for ourselves and
our families. Without our efforts, we would go
back to the moment when we had nothing.” (16)
NARRATION
And going back, says Fatima, is simply not an
option (3”)
FATIMA AIT LHOUSSINE: (In Arabic) F
“We women can now go to the souk (market)
and buy our children presents and what they
need for school. If they are sick, we can afford
to buy them medicines. And, thanks to God, we
don’t have to ask or beg our husbands anymore
for money to be able to buy what we need. Now
we are independent.” (15”)
NARRATION
All these activities have contributed to a 60
percent increase in household income – a point
not over-looked by the husbands! (7”)
HUSSEIN AIT MANSOUR: (In Arabic) M
“Now it’s not like the old times. Back then, when
the man was the sole earner of income, we had
to borrow money to buy clothes for our
children.(6”)
NARRATION
Fatima’s husband, Hussein Ait Mansour, says
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HUSSEIN ON CAMERA
HUSSEIN WITH HORSEDRAWN
PLOUGH
HUSSEIN ON CAMERA
FATIMA ON CAMERA
SLOW MOTION SHOTS OF WOMEN
IN FIELDS
he’s not the only man who thinks that traditional
roles have now been replaced by a much better
arrangement. (8”)
HUSSEIN AIT MANSOUR: (In Arabic) M
Now everyone benefits from the cooperative’s
revenue. They have their sheep. They can get
everything they need. They don’t lack anything
anymore.” (3”)
FATIMA AIT LHOUSSINE: (In Arabic) F
The woman earns then saves the money. We
don’t need to ask the man for money anymore.
We’re happy now. We just want to keep
working. (9”)
NARRATION
And they’re ready for what might be the most
significant step yet. In a few weeks’ time they will
start literacy classes, not just to help them further
their business goals but to pave the way, they
say, for all women in the region who want to take
charge of their own destinies. (18)
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CREDITS (TRT )
21st
Century A production of
United Nations Television Department of Public Information
INDIA’S TIGERS: A TRHEATENED SPECIES
Producer
Mary Ferreira
Editor Joon Park
Footage
Nalla
Special Thanks DavID Phillips
World Wildlife Fund – India Ranthambore Forest Department
MOROCCO: TWO SHEEP
Producers
Ahmed Bahaddou Gill Fickling
Videographer
Ahmed Bahaddou
Editors Ahmed Bahaddou
Paulo Cariati Mitch Udoff
Narration
Dina Barazi
Special Thanks IFADTV
Line Producer Maggie Yates
Post- production Editor
Ben Lybrand
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Post-production Coordinator Lebe Besa
Executive Producers
Gill Fickling Francis Mead
Executive-in-Charge
Chaim Litewski