Reviving the Hargila: Dr. Purnima Devi Barman’s conservation legacy and India’s rarest stork | World News – Times of India
In 2007, the greater adjutant stork, locally known as the hargila, faced imminent extinction in Assam, India, with fewer than 450 individuals remaining. Biologist Dr. Purnima Devi Barman spearheaded a groundbreaking conservation effort, rallying 10,000 rural women to protect the storks and reframe them as cultural symbols rather than omens of ill fortune.This initiative, known…