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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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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


“I came back to India and started to

document the tigers about 25 years

ago.” (5”)

JEEP ROAMING AROUND JOHN ON-CAM


“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


“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


“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


“The dominant female tiger in this area

is called Krishna and she rules this lake

area.” (7”)

JOHN ON-CAM


“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


“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”)


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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


“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


“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


“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


“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


“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


“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


“Once we see the animals running

through the forest, it’s time to start the

engine up and follow.“ (6”)

JOHN ON-CAM


“That’s their meal, the other animals.

They like the sambar deer, and the

chital - the spotted deer.” (7”)

JOHN ON-CAM


“Actually today since morning I didn’t

see any tigers at all. “ (4”)

JOHN ON-CAM


“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


“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


“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


“...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


“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


“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


“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


“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


“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


“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


“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


“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


“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


“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


“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


“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


“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


“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


“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


“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


“…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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MOROCCO : TWO SHEEP

(TRT 4’12”)

VIDEO AUDIO

COUNTRYSIDE

WOMEN AT BREAKFAST

SHEEP

FATIMA ON CAMERA


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”)


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”)


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”)


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”)


“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”)


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

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