PERU / INDIGENOUS WOMEN CLIMATE CHANGE

STORY: PERU / INDIGENOUS WOMEN CLIMATE CHANGE
TRT: 4:37
SOURCE: IFAD
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGAUGE: SPANISH / NATS

DATELINE: 30 SEPTEMBER 2022, SAN MARTIN, PERU

SHOTLIST:

1. Wide shot, Awajun women walk in the field
2. Wide shot, aerial, forest
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Uziela Achayap Sejekam, President, Bosque De Las Nuwas Association:
“As a woman I have learnt traditional customs. The forest is my home. I fought day by day for young mothers so they can have the opportunity to be female entrepreneurs.”
4. Wide shot, Awajun women walk in the field
5. Wide shot, aerial, nursery
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Brenda Lopez Torres, Technical Specialist, Agrorural, Ministry of Agriculture:
“In the alto mayo area, the strongest impacts of climate change have been the raise of the temperature and the lack of rain.”
7. Med shot, Ruth Cumbia Sejekam walks in the forest
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Brenda Lopez Torres, Technical Specialist, Agrorural, Ministry of Agriculture:
“The impact of deforestation was definitely felt by indigenous people. It’s been a warning symptom for them. That’s why they develop activities like reforesting.”
9. Various shots, Ruth Cumbia Sejekam picks up herbs
10. Wide shot, aerial, nursery
11. Close up, Ruth Cumbia Sejekam shows herbal containing tea infusions
12. Wide shot, aerial, forest
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ruth Cumbia Sejekam, Coordinator, Work Committee, Bosque De Las Nuwas Association:
“Protecting the forest benefits and helps not only me as a person and an awajun, but everybody.”
14. Close up, Ruth Cumbia Sejekam walks in the nursery
15. Close up, irrigation system
16. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Uziela Achayap Sejekam, President, Bosque De Las Nuwas Association:
“We were already beginning the work of infusions that we sell nowadays, but we don’t have enough raw material to commercialise it.”
17. Wide shot, aerial, nursery
18. Wide shot, aerial, water reservoir
19. Close up, irrigation system
20. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Uziela Achayap Sejekam, President, Bosque De Las Nuwas Association:
“The most important for us is to keep the reservoir because it fills up with water and we can use it daily to irrigate.”
21. Wide shot, aerial, Ajawun women walking in the nursery
22. Close up, Ruth Cumbia Sejekam picks up herbs
23. Wide shot, aerial, forest
24. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ruth Cumbia Sejekam, Coordinator, Work Committee, Bosque De Las Nuwas Association:
“Reforesting is a benefit not for me. I won't be here at some point, we can't be here forever. Those who will remain, they are the ones who are going to enjoy the environment, the air, everything that we are leaving.”
25. Wide shot, Ajawun women dance in the forest
26. Wide shot, aerial, Ajawun women dancing in the forest

STORYLINE:

In Peru, deforestation and extended drought periods had destroyed much of the ecosystem in the forest, but now 20 Awajun indigenous women are restoring their forest while growing medicinal plants in the forest which they make into different healthy tea infusions to sell to treat different health issues.

This has also been made possible by access to climate funding from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Peru.

The women will be taking part in a live virtual event at COP 27 on Monday 14th November at 1630 Cairo time where they will be telling the audience about their work and how they are reforesting their lands for future generations.

Last year Indigenous Peoples were at the heart of discussions at COP 26 after the Glasgow Declaration of Forests and Land use pledged to end deforestation by 2030, citing them as having a key role in their stewardship. But a year on how far have things moved on?