Conservation Different storks G. Shaheed The greater adjutant stork (Leptoptilos dubius). Photo: Biswajit Roy Chowdhury 1/19 A muster of adjutant storks perched in a tree in Dadara village, Assam. Photo: Purnima Devi Burman 2/19 The landfill area of Badagaon in Guwahati has the highest density of adjutant storks in Assam. Photo: M.V. Ajith Kumar 3/19 Greater adjutant storks, which are natural scavengers, gather at landfills in Assam to forage for food. Photo: M.V Ajith Kumar 4/19 The greater adjutant stork forages for fish. Photo: Purnima Devi Burman 5/19 Purnima Devi Barman with a stork chick rescued at Dadara village on February 4, 2017. Photo: Biju Boro/ AFP 6/19 A meeting of the Hargila army in progress in Guwahati, on February 4, 2017. Photo: Anupam Nath/AP 7/19 The Hargila army regularly conducts awareness programmes. Photo: Purnima Devi Burman 8/19 A biodiversity class conducted by the Hargila army for the local community of women. Photo: Chandan Bora 9/19 Community dance programmes are organised by the Hargila army to involve and empower the women in the Dadara village, Assam. 10/19 Arvind Mishra along with volunteers of the Mandar Nature Club, Bhagalpur. 11/19 Volunteers of the Mandar Nature Club, Bhagalpur. Photo: Arvind Mishra 12/19 Motifs of the greater adjutant stork on handloom sarees, an initiative of the Hargila army. Photo: Purnima Devi Burman 13/19 Motifs of the greater adjutant stork on cloth bags, an initiative of the Hargila army. Photo: Purnima Devi Burman 14/19 Schoolchildren in Dadara are sensitised through awareness programmes about the greater adjutant storks that nest in their village. 15/19 Schoolchildren observe a statue of the greater adjutant stork in the local school in Dadara. Photo: Purnima Devi Burman 16/19 The Hargila Learning and Conservation Centre, inaugurated at the Pacharia Kushal Konwar High School, Pacharia, Assam, on March 24, 2021. 17/19 Purnima Devi Burman receives the Nari Shakti Puraskar from the President of India in 2017. 18/19 Purnima Devi Burman received the Whitley Award, considered “the green Oscar”, from the Whitley Fund for Nature, U.K., in 2017. Photo: James Finlay 19/19
The greater adjutant stork (Leptoptilos dubius). Photo: Biswajit Roy Chowdhury 1/19 A muster of adjutant storks perched in a tree in Dadara village, Assam. Photo: Purnima Devi Burman 2/19 The landfill area of Badagaon in Guwahati has the highest density of adjutant storks in Assam. Photo: M.V. Ajith Kumar 3/19 Greater adjutant storks, which are natural scavengers, gather at landfills in Assam to forage for food. Photo: M.V Ajith Kumar 4/19 The greater adjutant stork forages for fish. Photo: Purnima Devi Burman 5/19 Purnima Devi Barman with a stork chick rescued at Dadara village on February 4, 2017. Photo: Biju Boro/ AFP 6/19 A meeting of the Hargila army in progress in Guwahati, on February 4, 2017. Photo: Anupam Nath/AP 7/19 The Hargila army regularly conducts awareness programmes. Photo: Purnima Devi Burman 8/19 A biodiversity class conducted by the Hargila army for the local community of women. Photo: Chandan Bora 9/19 Community dance programmes are organised by the Hargila army to involve and empower the women in the Dadara village, Assam. 10/19 Arvind Mishra along with volunteers of the Mandar Nature Club, Bhagalpur. 11/19 Volunteers of the Mandar Nature Club, Bhagalpur. Photo: Arvind Mishra 12/19 Motifs of the greater adjutant stork on handloom sarees, an initiative of the Hargila army. Photo: Purnima Devi Burman 13/19 Motifs of the greater adjutant stork on cloth bags, an initiative of the Hargila army. Photo: Purnima Devi Burman 14/19 Schoolchildren in Dadara are sensitised through awareness programmes about the greater adjutant storks that nest in their village. 15/19 Schoolchildren observe a statue of the greater adjutant stork in the local school in Dadara. Photo: Purnima Devi Burman 16/19 The Hargila Learning and Conservation Centre, inaugurated at the Pacharia Kushal Konwar High School, Pacharia, Assam, on March 24, 2021. 17/19 Purnima Devi Burman receives the Nari Shakti Puraskar from the President of India in 2017. 18/19 Purnima Devi Burman received the Whitley Award, considered “the green Oscar”, from the Whitley Fund for Nature, U.K., in 2017. Photo: James Finlay 19/19
