FEATURE / PERU PROTECTING THE AMAZON

The indigenous peoples of Loreto, Peru, understand the value of the Amazon and the resources it provides. For more than 10 years, they have become environmental monitors to track and report the impact of oil activity in the region. UNDP PERU

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:29
• Production Date: 24 December 2018
• Asset Language: Spanish
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - UNDP
• Subject Topical: CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT
• Geographic Subject: PERU
• MAMS Id: 2338913
• Parent Id: 2338913
• Alternate Title: unifeed181224c

Description

TITLE: FEATURE / PERU PROTECTING THE AMAZON
TRT: 3:30
SOURCE: UNDP PERU
RESTRICTIONS: NONE / VIDEO COURTESY OF UNDP PERU
LANGUAGE: SPANISH / NATS / MUSIC

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Shotlist

1. Long shot, land of Loreto, Peru
2. Long shot, aerial view of Loreto
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Marcial Sánchez, Environmental Monitor of the Quechua People:
“The territory is immense… the Amazon is immense. The territory means life for all Peruvians, for the whole world. The Earth is like a father and mother who feed you every day. It gives you food. It gives you health. It gives you life. If you don’t have money, you bait your hook and bring back two or three kilos of fish. And you get plantain and yucca from your land, and make a meal to eat with the family.”
4. Long shot, inside the Amazon
5. Med shot, back of Marcial walking in the Amazon
6. Med shot, Marcial seated
7. Long shot, people in the Amazon
8. Long shot, children playing in the community
9. Med shot, Marcial walking in slow motion
10. Various shots, people of the Amazon
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Elmer Hualinga, Coordinator of Environmental Monitoring of the Quechua people:
“We depend on the environment because without it we are nothing. Because nature is what helps us live and we live from it. Right now we have to take care of the environment because it is not just for me, it is for all Peruvians.”
12. Various shots, inside the Amazon
13. Med shot, Elmer on cam
14. Close up, insects in the Amazon
15. Various shots, people in the Amazon
16. Long shots, sunset in the Amazon
17. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Marcial Sánchez, Environmental Monitor of the Quechua People:
“As environmental monitors, we watch the territory. If we find an affected area, we collect the evidence.”
18. Long shots, environmental monitors working in the Amazon
19. Med shot, Marcial on cam
20. Various shots, environmental monitors working
21. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dugner Tapuy, Environmental Monitor of the Kichwa People:
“We also record one or two minutes of video. We find the location through the GPS and start the route. This is our responsibility as indigenous people, to ensure respect of the environment and of the social aspect of our community.”
22. Med shot, Dugner on cam
23. Med shots, environmental monitors recording the environment
24. Various shots, environmental monitors recording
25. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Elmer Hualinga, Coordinator of Environmental Monitoring of the Quechua people:
“It is our job to report to our federation and our federation reports to the State for the State to see how big the impact was.”
26. Med shot, Elmer on cam
27. Med shots, monitors reporting
28. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Marcial Sánchez, Environmental Monitor of the Quechua People:
“And that way, we are always alert like a soldier. We are always there for anything.”
29. Med shot, Marcial on cam
30. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Elmer Hualinga, Coordinator of Environmental Monitoring of the Quechua people:
“Sometimes they think that we monitor the environment because we like it. They say “you do not know what you are doing,” but in reality, environmental monitoring has helped visualise many things that we had no way to ascertain before.”
31. Long shot, environmental monitors walking in slow motion
32. Long shot, environmental monitors canoeing
33. Med shot, Elmer on cam
34. Various shots, environmental monitors recording the environment
35. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Marcial Sánchez, Environmental Monitor of the Quechua People:
“I believe that our reports, our pictures, the evidence we send has been valuable because through that, the presence of several institutions becomes visible. Even the United Nations, which we never thought we would see in our dreams or meet them; they’re here. It is an effort of the indigenous brothers and sisters in these basins. We do it for the love of the people. In defence of our children, of our brothers and sisters that are here. It is not just for me or for Andoas, but the Earth is for all."
36. Various shots, environmental monitors working
37. Med shot, Marcial on cam
38. Various shots, UNDP's workshop
39. Various shots, indigenous peoples in the Amazon
40. Long shot, inside the Amazon

MUSIC: Amazon by Styve Bolduc (Premium Beat)

Storyline

The indigenous peoples of Loreto, Peru, understand the value of the Amazon and the resources it provides.

For more than 10 years, they have become environmental monitors to track and report the impact of oil activity in the region.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is working together with the Peruvian government and indigenous environmental monitors to identify strategies to remedy the territories impacted.