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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Everything around you is alive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in a world \Nwhere the palette
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is overwhelmingly gray on blue.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're lucky, you get \Na sporadic smudge of green.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here you can see \Nthe world breathe.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Highways are replaced by streams, \Ncars by canoes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your eyes think that \Nyou're surrounded by land,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's a trick.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Underneath the growth, \Nmore water,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a quiet resistance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You follow one path today, \Nand by tomorrow it's gone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no place \Nin the Philippines
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that carries more mystery\Nthan the Agusan Marsh.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people see these wetlands \Nmerely as ecosystems
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and important biodiverse areas.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others see them \Nas big bags of cash,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,land to be turned \Ninto highly efficient farms,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a few people see them \Nas a home.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is their story.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary \Nstretches across
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,40,000 plus hectares \Nof wetlands,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,roughly the size of Manila.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one of the biggest \Nin Southeast Asia
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the most vital \Nin the Philippines.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Ramsar Site, globally recognized \Nbut barely talked about.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all interconnected by lakes, \Nrivers, marshes and ponds.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It acts like a giant sponge \Nduring typhoon season,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absorbing flood waters \Nfor the entire Agusan River Basin.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without it, who knows \Nwhat would happen
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to neighbor towns like Butuan?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's home to rare birds, \Nfloating villages,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and indigenous communities \Nwho've learned to live
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the rise \Nand fall of the water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's under threat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pollution and climate change \Nare slowly choking it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Life cannot simply exist \Nwithout the Agusan Marsh.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The marsh protects everything here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you talk \Nof the Agusan Marsh,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you got to take into account \Nthe bigger picture
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Agusan River Basin.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Technically, that's the third \Nlargest river system
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Philippines, \Nencompassing Regions XI and XIII—
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's Davao and Caraga.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you have here in our town, \Nyour catch basin.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And come to think of it, \Neverything revolves
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around this catch basin.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say that life begins here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There can never ever be \Nan Agusan del Sur
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without the Agusan Marsh.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- What's that, Datu?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Walking stick.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Datu Artemio was selected \Nas one of the leaders
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to his Lumad lineage.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lumad are some \Nof the first wave of people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to settle in the Philippines, \Nspecifically around Mindanao.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their ancestral land \Nis often highly sought-after,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making them one \Nof the most vulnerable
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ethnic groups in the country.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are also one of the few groups\Nthat have held on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to their pre-colonial culture.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As in most areas \Nin the Philippines,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there is \Na strong indigenous ancestry,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most people with roles to play \Nin the community also happen
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have official \Ngovernment positions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Datu was previously \Nan LGU official and now his son
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is barangay captain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They both lead the people \Nin Caimpugan and its peatland,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the many parts \Nof the Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The relationship \Nbetween indigenous religions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Catholic Church \Nis complex,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marked by both historical tensions \Nand reconciliation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indigenous religions, \Noften rooted in animism
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and oral traditions, \Nare distinct from the church's
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,codified beliefs and practices.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like when we were colonized, \None culture doesn't
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually completely erase \Nthe other,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parts of it are indigenized.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you'll find people praying \Nto the Catholic God
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alongside other entities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where people live with the land, \Nthese are still
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a common practice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the people here \Nare Catholic,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but their own Lumad culture \Nis still very strong,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it should be.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These rituals are carried out \Nto ensure safe passage
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and acceptance \Ninto the community.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- What we have here within \Nthe Augustan Marsh Wildlife Santuary
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the Caimpugan peatland.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The peatland, it covers just 3% \Nof the Earth's surface.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But according to the ICUN, \Nthey believe that peatland
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conserves 30% \Nof the world's carbon,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is twice as much \Ncarbon sequestered
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as compared to all \Nthe rainforests combined.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The conservation of wetlands \Nis crucial because it mitigates
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the impacts of climate change.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it is damaged, \Nit releases tons of CO2
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far greater than anything \Nin order to uplift
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and protect our wetlands.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The people here with us now \Nare under control
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we’re here watching over.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unlike before when people \Nkept coming in and out.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- In order to uplift\Nand protect our wetlands,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Society for the Conservation \Nof Philippine Wetlands
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mobilizes advocates \Nacross the Philippines
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the world \Nto facilitate conservations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pioneer technical assistance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together with them \Nis the Protected Area
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Management Office, or PAMO, \Nwhich manages
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the overall conservation \Nof the Agusan Marsh.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of their efforts \Nincludes marshaling volunteers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across all communities \Nto guard the marsh,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,birthing the fearless group\Ncalled Bantay Danao.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- When we were kids,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on days when we didn't have classes\Nin elementary school,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would come here and play.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would pick fruits from the trees—\Nkandiis (a sour fruit)—
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eat them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd see monkeys here. \NAlso wild pigs, and deer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because back then, \Nthis whole place
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was still flat and untouched.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, it's different.\NBecause of the heat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The weather isn't the same anymore.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are people\Nabusing the land.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- People never mind talking \Nof climate change
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in its first inception \Nbefore that Kyoto Protocol
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way back 2005.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But people began realizing \Nthe true value of its protection
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we had a number \Nof extreme river flooding
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like never before.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had an extreme \Nriver flooding in 2014,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,followed by an extreme \Nriver flooding in 2017
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just recently in 2024, \NFebruary 6th last year.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By having seen it \Nand experienced it firsthand,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this Agusan Marsh serves \Nas nature's kind of dam,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protecting the adjacent localities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on all those places downstream, \Nmore so Butuan City.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Believe me, \Nwithout the Agusan Marsh,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there wouldn't be any place \Ncalled Butuan City at all.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People realize that we get \Nto change something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the better.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For if not there would be far \Nmore extreme river flooding.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within Agusan del Sur.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Our peatland area is so vast \Nthat even with regular patrols,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can't cover the entire place\Nin just a month.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a huge difference \Nbetween before and now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Different types of grasses\Nare growing now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not like before where even\Nfrom far away,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could already see clearly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the floods brought seeds\Nfrom over there
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and carried them here,\Nand now they're growing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It used to be much cooler\Nthan now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why now our peatland \Nhas problems—
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it catches fire.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before, the weather was cooler.\NNow it's different.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are about 4 to 5 months here\Nthat are very hot.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even a small problem here \Nin the forest
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can easily spark a fire
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the heat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what burns—
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a small piece of wood cracks,\Nit sparks and catches fire.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's not much we can do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time we get here,\Nthe fire is already big.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just take pictures \Nand call the local government for help.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the firemen\Ncan't get inside here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we bring tools to try \Nto beat the fire down.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like here, if it burns here,\Nwe hit it to try to stop it—
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when the fire surrounds you,\Nit's impossible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All you can really do is pray.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Experience is the greatest \Nteacher of us all.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come to think of it, \Nthe Agusan Marsh is overseen
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by six localities as well.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you talk \Nof the Augustan Marsh
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wildlife Sanctuary, \NTalacogon is not alone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The LGUs of San Francisco, \NRosario, Bunawan, Loreto, La Paz,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,engages in the protection \Nand the preservation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the peatland.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is just a common thing \Nthat everybody is obliged
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do their part \Nbecause this is their way of life,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is our way of life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Panlabuhan floating village \Nis home to the Manobo tribe,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,families who've lived here \Nfor generations,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moving with the rhythm \Nof the water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their homes rise and fall\Nwith the marsh,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tethered but never fixed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've probably heard \Nof floating villages before.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're picturing houses on stilts \Nwhere the home
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is elevated enough \Nthat the water rarely touches
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bottom.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are made to never meet—
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The houses are built on anchored \Nfloating bamboo platforms.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a typhoon hits \Nand the water volume increases,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the houses and everything \Naround them simply swell with it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The water level can vary \Nas much as 10 meters
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is highly unpredictable\Nas the flooding season
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has become erratic.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The Agusan Marsh is everything to me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to speak honestly,\Nno holding back—
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without the marsh, \NI wouldn't even be married.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No woman would've agreed \Nto be with me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we had no wealth\Nto show.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I proudly offered my wife\Nwas the marsh—
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is our treasure.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the gold I can present\Nto my family and my child.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- This is the kind of place \Nwhere you have no boss—
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are the boss here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go out to fish, \Nand by the next day,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you already have your catch.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Fishing is life here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They set their fish cages \Nin the morning,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leave them for the day, \Nand return at dusk,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hoping that the river \Nhas provided.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once caught, these are dried \Nfor consumption
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be sold.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've also dealt \Nwith an increase
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of an invasive \Nwater hyacinth species
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that clogs their passageways \Ninto the marsh
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and harms their livelihood.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Daily, they fight \Nfor their way of life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marites Babanto, \Nthe local tour guide,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remembers a time \Nwhen the marsh felt endless.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now it's getting smaller, \Ndrying up,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the storms \Nare getting stronger.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- When I became aware, \Naround six or five years old,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this really looked like a vast sea.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I remember most \Nis seeing what looked like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a truly virgin area—\Nnothing destroyed yet,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the water still clean, drinkable,\Nand there were still
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plenty of fish.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because during that time, \Nour ancestors were still here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The Agusan Marsh \Nstarted making headlines
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Lolong, the world's \Nlargest crocodile in captivity,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was caught here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At 6.17 meters, he broke records
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, just over a year later,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,died in a cage too small \Nfor his legend.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But long before Lolong, \Nthis place was already home.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Datu recalls that his grandparents \Nfled here to hide
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Japanese soldiers \Nin World War II
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeking refuge in the swamps.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marites says her grandfather, \NLolo Pidong,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eventually decided \Nto settle here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who came with their families, \Nattracted by the peace
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bountiful fishing \Nthe marsh provided.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their ancestors used to live \Nin tree houses,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but no matter how high \Nthe houses were,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their dwellings always \Ngot swamped during floods
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and typhoons.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when they had \Nthe thought of building
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a house on rafts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three generations later, \Ntheir descendants are still here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The times have changed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their ways need to adapt \Nto commercial interests,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,erratic weather \Nand outside influences,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is still their home.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- For me, as an IP \N(Indigenous Person),
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they say IPs don't reach school—\Nbut if that's true,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's only because of how hard\Nit is for us to get an education
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finish school.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All I wish—for myself\Nand for our children—
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that they get to reach \Nat least elementary,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even just high school.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's important is \Nthat they learn how to read.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because even for me, \NI won't hide it—it's hard.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I struggle to read English,\NI struggle to speak Tagalog.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we do is just offer kindness\Nfrom the heart.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What matters most is that\Nyou live honestly and do good
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this world, so that life \Nwon't be as hard on you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From what I've observed,\Nthis Catholic chapel
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has truly been a blessing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm deeply grateful \Nto all those who offered help
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and donated materials.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because our livelihood really depends\Non the seasons.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We looked for a way for us \Nto be seen here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the problems here \Nto be known.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s when it started—\Nwe were oriented
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Tuklas Katutubo Balik-Tribo
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we should fight \Nfor our tribe.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That they said no one else \Ncan help us but ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So since then, they heard it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they saw what our problems were.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- What caused the damage \Nwas soil erosion,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climate change, \Nand abuse by some people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When there’s flooding, \Nwhen the water rises,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Agusan Marsh gets damaged.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other lakes here... \Nit’s like this is the only lake left.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the place we passed—\NDagon Creek—is man-made.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the water rises, \Nespecially during Typhoon Pablo,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the wood, everything, \Nall the trash comes in here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s because of the abuse \Nby others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If something still can be done, \Nit must be done right away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- So when you talk \Nof climate changes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by all means\Nthe national government
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has told us to do \Nwhat we could,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,respectively, for the protection \Nof the peatland
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Talacogon Lake.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even as we speak,\Nthe national government
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has yet to reconcile\Nwhat would we be doing next
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so as to effectively secure \Nthese areas as a protected zone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the Agusan Marsh\NWildlife Sanctuary.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing is permanent \Nin this world but change.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just hope that people \Nwould recognize more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or people would be inclined more \Nof its protection
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and conservation \Nrather than exploiting it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for commercial use.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- What we fear most here \Nas a community is that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this place will disappear.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it reaches here, it’ll be land.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over there, it’s already land.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re really afraid—\Nit would be such a waste.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Being a Datu—it's something \Nthat makes you think twice
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about acting recklessly.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being a Datu means \Nbeing a parent, too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're expected to teach\Nyour children the right values,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lead by example.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why if I were to pass\Non this responsibility,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd only give it to someone ready\Nto carry the weight.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because all the problems \Nof the community feel like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they rest on your shoulders.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've come to realize that yes,\Nthe role is difficult—
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not as hard \Nwhen the community stands together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- People realize that \Nthere is far more to gain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by protecting it \Nrather than exploiting it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without this Agusan Marsh,\Nextreme river flooding
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would somehow inundate \Nall of the localities here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it is managed by the DENR \Nand the local government units
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well, six of it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the PAMO serves \Nas a foot soldier
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to check everything \Nif all is well.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- There have been improvements\Nbecause the LGU supports us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and helps us with whatever problems \Nwe face now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The LGU even said \Nthey would install
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an emergency water pump here,\Nso we'll have something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to use when fire breaks out.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been trained\Nin rescue operations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we need\Nto protect the area.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we didn't care,\Nnone of this would exist.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would all go to waste.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now, the kids would say,\N"Dad said there used
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be monkeys here,"\Nbut they don't see any—
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the place \Nhas already been abused.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why we have to protect\Nour peatland.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We won't let it be neglected.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We keep reminding others here\Nnot to abuse the land too much.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It shouldn't just be us \Ntaking care of it—
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it should be everyone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's really important \Nis that everyone in our barangay
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knows and follows the rules\Nwe have here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These were taught to us\Nduring the training we received
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from PAMO and the LGU.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We locals don't want\Nto abuse the peatland.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Why sir?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We're already the fifth generation\Nliving here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,handed down from our ancestors—
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it really hurts to see it \Nbeing destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're thankful to PAMO\Nfor organizing us into Bantay Danao.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we can protect \Nthe environment here
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our peatland.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't wait to disappear.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- That is why we get\Nto contribute, respectively,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for its protection.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, God is still \Nthe greatest architect of us all.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This land may seem idle,\Nbut everything has its purpose.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We hope everyone sees the value \Nof what the Lord has given.