Asia's wildest places, from the Siberian wilderness to the coral seas of the Indian Ocean.
Finding the perfect story for an audience is not easy. It’s always going to need a lot of research work, a talented crew working together using their instincts, and of course often a stroke of luck.
We thought about filming someone who makes an income from prize-winning songbirds and asked our brilliant fixer, Rofiana Aan, to ask around and see if that might be possible. She soon arranged for us to meet a man who reportedly owned many songbirds, where we hoped to film Panji trying to understand the bird trade from the perspective of somebody who depended on it to make a living.
We exchanged nervous glances with Panji, and with lumps in our throats just kept filming as Panji chatted with Mr Neo about all the birds. With eye contact alone we signalled to each other and kept rolling as Panji eventually gently asked about the Javan green magpie, and queried how the bird had ended up there. We were quite apprehensive; we weren’t sure quite how the owner would react as Panji told him of the rarity of this particular bird.
...the sheer joy and delight in Mr Neo’s face as for the first time he saw the birds in their natural environment. It is very special capturing a once-in-a-lifetime moment like this on camera, where the penny drops, and the dial shifts – it’s like seeing conservation happen in real time. Straight away Mr Neo agreed to give his Javan green magpie to Panji’s breeding centre at Cikananga. A shift in perception, in understanding, is all it takes to make things better. Change can sometimes happen in an instant, albeit just one person at a time.
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