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, the population surged to over 1,800, earning Barman the 2024 Whitley Gold Award.
Dr Purnima Devi Barman’s conservation legacy and India’s rarest stork
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