00:00My name is Inang Kalikasan.
00:16In me, I almost cover the world with my power.
00:20I can say that I have a good relationship with everyone I know, including humans.
00:33But something has changed.
00:39Despite the help and blessings, you still abused and punished the villagers.
00:50But I will never lose hope.
01:20My name is Inang Kalikasan.
01:36I have been wandering for a long time.
01:41Even before your people set foot on my land,
01:50I was already here.
02:07From my oceans, I gave you blessings.
02:15Thousands of oceans.
02:21Each one has its own abilities.
02:30Each one has an important part to maintain the balance of life.
02:37But you ignored the richness of the ocean.
02:57You polluted and destroyed it.
02:59Why did you destroy the blessings I gave you, my children?
03:15How many more lives do you need to sacrifice?
03:18Before you understand, you are slowly killing my ocean.
03:35As a mother, I take care of all my animals.
03:40My forest is my home.
03:53It is home to millions of lives.
04:01It gives color and life to the forest.
04:11The benefits of humans from the forest are also great.
04:23You can breathe fresh air.
04:26That's why animals like birds, mosaics,
04:33birds, and mosaics do not stop planting
04:38so that the forest continues to thrive.
04:43In the end, you will reap the fruits of its richness.
04:53But despite the help and blessings,
04:57you still abuse and punish the forest.
05:04You are not good at cutting trees.
05:08That's why many lives were lost.
05:15And many were left behind.
05:19The forests are now barren.
05:22But you still don't realize
05:25that the forest is running out.
05:28But you still continue to hurt it.
05:34Until when will we fight?
05:37When will you protect me?
05:42When will you choose your mother?
05:45When will you choose your mother nature?
05:51I am the ocean.
05:56It is wide and deep.
06:05I can almost wrap the world in my strength.
06:09I can give you what you need to breathe.
06:15To live.
06:25There are many residents living here.
06:40From the smallest
06:48to the giant whale.
06:55There are those who love and care for you.
07:03Even my brothers and sisters
07:07Even my brothers and sisters
07:11to those who are like my mother.
07:19Because you are a vast ocean.
07:28This is where life begins.
07:31Life.
07:35Because this is the place where
07:38eggs lay their eggs.
07:41I am not just water.
07:47I am also white and white as snow.
07:54Thank you for your hard work.
08:02They are the farmers of the ocean
08:06that live peacefully.
08:14As time goes by,
08:19the calcium from the dead
08:23and dead animals
08:26will gradually rise and rise again.
08:32This will be the mountain of limestone
08:36that serves as a resting place for our birds.
08:41The balance of life in the ocean is good.
08:47But when I met the people,
08:52a lot has changed.
09:02The clear and clean water
09:06has been replaced by blood.
09:11The blood of the dead in the ocean.
09:27The garbage looks like this now.
09:32It's ruined.
09:37There is no life anymore.
09:47The brothers and sisters killed all their enemies.
09:51But what hurts the most is that
09:53they only took a small piece of it.
09:55What happened?
09:56Why?
10:00When all my fish are gone,
10:04all of you will be hungry.
10:08I have a feeling now.
10:11It's like I'm drowning in the heat of the moment.
10:22This is the effect of a new climate.
10:27But I will not lose hope.
10:33I am the forest.
10:36Quiet.
10:38Peaceful.
10:40And everything is balanced around me.
10:56I live to take care of all the creatures that depend on me.
11:05My proud trees provide shade,
11:11food,
11:15and clean water.
11:17A mature tree can cool the heat of the moment.
11:27I can say that I have a good relationship with all the creatures,
11:32including humans.
11:35But,
11:37I am not alone.
11:39I have a friend.
11:41I have a family.
11:43I have friends.
11:44I have people.
11:46But,
11:48something has changed.
11:54Trees were cut down.
11:58Lands were ploughed.
12:03Mountains and caves were built
12:06to expand the land.
12:14But,
12:24my old green color
12:27was replaced by a new one.
12:37Even the animals
12:39are united in a non-violent fight.
12:45But,
12:48instead of being free,
12:51some of them are imprisoned and taken care of.
13:07Who would be happy to tie you up in a chain
13:11and put you in jail?
13:14Hahaha!
13:18Maybe you don't feel the loss of a tree.
13:28But, it's a different story when thousands of trees and plants are gone.
13:38I know that some of you are fighting to protect me.
13:42I know that.
13:44But, they are still small.
13:48I need a bigger help.
13:52My pride is a blessing to you.
13:56In my fall, you are also affected.
14:01But, don't forget that I have been living in this world for a long time.
14:07I can live without people.
14:10But you,
14:12you need me.
14:15Your future depends on me.
14:21And, it depends on the action and decision that you will make.
14:31But, I hope that my good relationship with you people will return.
14:39The Philippines has almost been visited by Born to be Wild
14:44to document different wildlife.
15:00But, there are some provinces that we haven't reached yet.
15:07And now, it's the 17th anniversary of Born to be Wild.
15:12It's time for them to go away.
15:15In our 17 years of documenting wildlife,
15:19I still feel the adrenaline rush when I see critically endangered species.
15:28It's like, maybe next week, they will be gone.
15:33The 17 years of wildlife documentary is not a joke.
15:37Yes, we have learned a lot.
15:39We have discovered and visited a lot of places.
15:41But, of course, we can't stop there.
15:45Because, we can still discover and learn a lot if we choose to save the environment.
15:57Our team's target for today is...
16:04Basilan and Sulu.
16:07When I was informed that my assignment is in Basilan,
16:10mixed emotions.
16:12Number one, excitement because we haven't been here yet.
16:15It's worth it because we were all pleasantly surprised.
16:20I've never been to Sulu.
16:23I don't have any idea what happened after the war.
16:26And, imagine the species of wildlife that has never been documented on film.
16:36These animals are competing for food.
16:39They're competing for their habitat.
16:41They're not just fighting for no reason.
16:45They're actually competing for their survival.
16:48Our endangered wildlife species here in the Philippines,
16:51they can't defend themselves.
16:54That's why we're here.
16:56So that we can be their voice.
16:59We're joined by experts with their own specializations.
17:06And, we've been with them since day one of Born to be Wild.
17:11We hope that Born to be Wild will continue its mission to inform the public
17:17about how important Philippine biodiversity is
17:19and why it should be saved.
17:22You actually go as far as those poorly known individuals
17:26or those least important to look at
17:29and also tackling those stories that hardly people would actually give attention to.
17:36Born to be Wild is the only documentary I've seen in the Philippines
17:41in terms of its storylines on wildlife.
17:44So that people can be educated about wildlife.
17:48For those of you who are the first people to hear
17:52that we have this species of bird that eats fruits.
17:57It's a new discovery.
17:59I think that kind of information is very useful for us.
18:05The information that you're disseminating
18:09adds to our knowledge and helps our information campaign.
18:17But for now,
18:19it's not just the experts that we have with us
18:22in giving their voices to Born to be Wild.
18:27Because even residents and various government agencies
18:32are seriously involved in protecting the environment.
18:39What can help us protect the environment
18:42is not throwing garbage everywhere.
18:44We will collect it and throw it in the right place.
18:50As a Muslim who lives in the province of Sulu
18:54or in the Philippines,
18:56in the Islamic point of view,
18:58even if it's a small life or a big life,
19:00whether it's a life of an animal or a life of a human,
19:03we need to protect and take care of it.
19:05The instance that we saw someone smoking there,
19:09we talked to him and we reported it.
19:12And then we said no to throwing garbage and cutting trees
19:16because the lake will be destroyed.
19:23My promise to nature is to continue to protect
19:29and educate the Filipino people
19:32so that I can continue to shoot in a protected area,
19:40in a deep part of the sea,
19:43so that the wildlife can understand.
19:46Mother Nature, I choose you because you are so beautiful.
19:50I promise Mother Nature that I will do my very best
19:54in all my being to uplift and uphold
19:58and take care of her for as long as I can.
20:01Mother Nature, I choose you because you are the source of our life.
20:07Because you are the only one.
20:09If you are gone, we will be gone too.
20:13We have been here for 17 years.
20:15Thank you because you accompanied us to protect their lives.
20:20There are still many risks in their lives.
20:22Not all of them are over.
20:24We still have a lot to do.
20:30Hey!
20:34Hey!
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