Conservationist Purnima Devi Barman, centre, with members of the hargila army wearing their greater adjutant headdresses Greater adjutants, reviled as bad omens, were endangered until Indian ...

In 2007, fewer than 450 greater adjutant storks were left in Assam. Dr. Purnima Devi Barman led a conservation effort, enlisting 10,000 rural women in the 'Hargila Army' to protect the storks. By 2023 ...

An endangered Greater Adjutant Stork (locally referred to as Hargila) which was rescued by a team from biodiversity organisation Aaranyak in November last year, was released into the wilderness on May ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Purnima Devi Barman remembers the day her life changed. It was 2007, and she got a call that a tree, home to a family of greater ...

TWO IN A THOUSAND: The endangered greater adjutant stork or hargila has a population of just over 1,000 birds globally, 75% of which are found in Assam (Picture courtesy: Getty Images) Meanwhile, as ...

An award-winning conservationist from India is helping women thousands of miles away take the lead in protecting one of the world's most unusual and endangered birds. Green Oscar recipient and UNEP ...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 5 (ANI): On the occasion of World Environment Day, the makers have released the critically acclaimed 'HARGILA - The Greater Adjutant Stork' for public viewing on ...

In 2007, when Purnima Devi Barman embarked on her PhD on the greater adjutant stork, little did she know that she would soon spark a mass movement. One that would not just save the bird from ...

Dadara, Feb. 17: It's an army without arms. "Armed" with the commitment to conserve greater adjutant storks, 14 women self-help groups of Dadara village in Kamrup district have formed a " hargila army ...

Guwahati: The story of conservation of the greater adjutant stork will soon become part of a larger story - that of the Swachh Bharat campaign in Assam. Wildlife conservationist Purnima Devi Barman on ...