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Purnima Devi Barman of Assam's Hargila Army leads groundbreaking conservat
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A transformative community-led conservation initiative took place at the Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary, a Ramsar site in Cambodia's Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve, inspired by Assam's Hargila Army - a women-led movement to conserve and protect the endangered Greater Adjutant Stork.
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'HARGILA-The Greater Adjutant Stork' documentary releases for public on Wo
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
On the occasion of World Environment Day, the makers have released the critically acclaimed 'HARGILA - The Greater Adjutant Stork' for public viewing on YouTube.
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Two Assamese non-feature films "Hargila" and "Birubala" recieve special me
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Two Assamese non-feature films "Hargila - The Greater Adjutant Stork" directed by Partha Sarathi Mahanta and "Birubala 'Witch to Padmashri'" directed by Aimee Baruah received a special mention at the 70th National Film Awards.
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Endangered Hargila rescued, set free by Aaranyak team
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
On November 18, 2022, 'Tiku', the rescued 'Hargila' was only a 10-day-old, when she and her sibling fell from a nest atop a 70-feet tall tree in Dadara village of Kamrup district in Assam.
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Assam: Doloni Beel bird survey records 47 wetland species, 1847 individual
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Some of the prominent species recorded were Red-crested Pochard, Ferrugeneous Pochard, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, Fulvous Whistling Teal, Lesser Adjutant Stork etc.
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Jaipur Film Festival: 'Hargilla' bags top slot in best documentary film ca
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hargilla, the Greater Adjutant Stork has bagged the top slot in the Best Documentary Film category by Partha Sarathi Mahanta who is the Joint Commissioner of Police, Guwahati; produced by Meena Mahanta and Indrani Baruah, directed by Samujjal Kashyap and the sub-titling is by Joydeep Mazumda
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Support needed to conserve endangered Hargila, says biologist Purnima Devi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden and Aaranyak, a city-based NGO, have jointly attained a landmark achievement by successfully breeding a pair of endangered Hargila in the zoo artificially here.
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Purnima Barman: On a mission to protect endangered storks
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Dispur(Assam)[India]Mar 16(ANI): A young woman, Purnima Devi Barman, from Assam has been conferred the 'Nari Shakti Puraskar' by the President, Ram Nath Kovind, in New Delhi on "International Women's Day, for her efforts in conserving the Adjutant Stork which is almost on the verge of extinc
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